How to Compile Android for a Netbook

1. Open the Web browser on your netbook computer. Type “android-x86.org” in the search box and click the “Search” button. Click on the “Android-x86 ISO” hyperlink and download the file to your netbook computer. After the bootable file is installed on your netbook, burn the file on a USB flash drive.

2. Insert a USB flash drive into an open USB port on your netbook computer. Delete or remove any files that you’ve saved on the flash drive, and make certain it has at least 256MB of free space. Transfer all of the files that you want to keep from the USB drive to your netbook's hard drive; alternately, if you have an extra USB flash drive, you can copy your files to that external drive.

3. Run “UnetBootIn” or “Win32DiskImager” and burn the “Android-x86 ISO” file on the USB flash drive. Follow the software instructions for writing bootable images to an external storage device. For example, if you are using “UnetBootIn,” click on the bullet next to “Diskimage.” Then click on the “...” button and select “Android-x86 ISO.” Go to the “Menu” option, located near the bottom of the screen, and select the name of the USB flash drive. Click the “OK” button. It may take the application several minutes to finish copying the Android-x86 ISO file to the USB flash drive.

4. Restart your netbook computer. Press the “F2” key on your keyboard before the Windows startup screen displays to enter the BIOS setup menu. Follow the instructions near the bottom of the BIOS screen, using the appropriate keys to navigate through the menu screens.

5. Change the boot priority order. Select the sequence option that will enable your netbook computer to boot first from the USB flash drive. Press the “Esc” or “F10” key to save the changes to your BIOS and exit. Your netbook computer will reboot when you exit BIOS.

6. Wait for the installation process to begin. When prompted, select a partition to install the Android OS on your netbook's hard drive. Format the partition using the EXT3 format, and then install the GRUB boot loader. Reboot your netbook computer to enable the Android OS to compile. If you do not want to install the application on your netbook's hard drive, select the option enabling the Android OS to run from the USB flash drive.