Boots perfectly on VirtualBox: http://skitch.com/joelf/bshj1/android-on-virtualbox

FYI, contrary to the site, you don't need any special tools to concatenate files other than, er, cat.

Eg:

  cat *00? > android.iso

Works fine. Note since Android is designed for touch phones, you might notice that mouse acceleration is lacking.

why are the files split in the first place?

Pretty sure Google Code has hard limits on file size

Not to mention the client has to support resuming as well. This is why (along with the fact that they enjoy using ridiculously outdated technology) the scene still uses split RARs—a lot of the autotrading scripts (as well as FTPd's) they utilize don't support resuming.

HTTP 1.1 supports byte ranges. You likely don't have any software on your computer than does not support HTTP 1.1.

Since this is for those who "want to give Google Android a try, but don't feel like buying a T-Mobile G1," and not meant to be actually useful as an OS, I don't understand what this has to offer over the SDK. (The SDK runs Android in a virtualized environment on Windows, OS X, and Linux.)

I read the project summary and skimmed the "readmefirst.txt" and I still don't get it. Is it faster? Easier to install?

LiveCDs like LinuxHelp and Knoppix existed years before MS Live did.

There's no need to downmod someone into oblivion just because they're not aware of a not-very-significant fact.

I think it has more to do with the attitude and sarcasm of the comment.