The "intellibook" netbook contains a rtl8192se pci network chip that is not currently included in the android-x86 builds. I could not get a complete self-build image to work so I decided to add the neccessary drivers to the existing release from 20120101. This has the added benefit that the installation contains the google apps, which are not included in the source download. The image can be downloaded from http://www.android-x86.org/releases/build-20120101 (android-x86-4.0-asus_laptop-20120101.iso).
Extract the iso image and the contained squashfs image and mount the contained filesystem image as a loopback device.
$ bsdtar -C android-image -xf android-x86-4.0-asus_laptop-20120101.iso
$ cd android-image
$ unsquashfs system.sfs
$ sudo mkdir /mnt/iso
$ sudo mount ./squashfs-root/system.img /mnt/iso -o loop
In the android-x86 build the boot folder is in a separate location so we move it from the extracted image to repack it later.
$ mkdir -p ~/Temp/boot
$ mv android-image/isolinux ~/Temp/boot
In you android-x86 build environment edit device/asus/laptop/laptop_defconfig and apply the following patch:
diff --git a/laptop/laptop_defconfig b/laptop/laptop_defconfig
index befb89e..f8d4320 100644
--- a/laptop/laptop_defconfig
+++ b/laptop/laptop_defconfig
@@ -1242,10 +1242,12 @@ CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB_FIRMWARE=y
CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB_CRYPTO=y
CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB_LEDS=y
# CONFIG_RT2X00_DEBUG is not set
-# CONFIG_RTL8192CE is not set
-# CONFIG_RTL8192SE is not set
-# CONFIG_RTL8192CU is not set
-# CONFIG_WL is not set
+CONFIG_RTL8192CE=m
+CONFIG_RTL8192SE=m
+CONFIG_RTL8192CU=m
+CONFIG_RTLWIFI=m
+CONFIG_RTL8192C_COMMON=m
+CONFIG_WL=m
Build the image
$ make -j8 iso_img TARGET_PRODUCT=asus_laptop
Copy the kernel modules and dependency information to the mounted filesystem image.
$ sudo cp -r out/target/product/laptop/system/lib/modules/3.0.8-android-x86-asus-laptop+/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi /mnt/iso/lib/modules/3.0.8-android-x86-asus-laptop+/kernel/drivers/net/wireless
$ sudo cp -r out/target/product/laptop/system/lib/modules/3.0.8-android-x86-asus-laptop+/modules.* /mnt/iso/lib/modules/3.0.8-android-x86-asus-laptop+
Copy the firmware from a local Ubuntu installation.
$ sudo cp -r /lib/firmware/rtlwifi /mnt/iso/lib/firmware
Unmount the filesystem image and rebuilt the iso.
$ sudo umount /mnt/iso/
$ mksquashfs squashfs-root/system.img system.sfs
$ cd ..
$ genisoimage -vJURT -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -input-charset utf-8 -V "Android-x86 LiveCD" -o android-image.iso ~/Temp/boot/ android-image/ramdisk.img android-image/initrd.img anndroid-image/initrd.img android-image/install.img android-image/system.sfs android-image/kernel
Modify the image so it is also bootable from an USB stick.
$ isohybrid android-image.iso
Write the modified iso image to the USB stick connected to /dev/sdb.
$ sudo dd if=android-image.iso of=/dev/sdb
I know this is a very old post. First of all, thank you for your detailed step-by-step guide. I own a Lenovo Yoga 13, that has the same (POS) WiFi adapter. Android x86 won't work because of UEFI, but Android-IA (Intel customized Android) does, and very nicely, though it has no support for this adapter. As my knowledge in this matter is very short, I couldn't figure how to "translate" this guide to Android-IA and Lenovo Yoga specifications. Could you tell me which steps should I change?
Thanks in advance!
EDIT: My bad, the Yoga has the 8723A adapter, but the steps should be the same.