This is what I did to get Android 4.0 (x86 version) to work in my Vmware Player.

First, download and install Vmware Player.
Then, download the installation image (cd-image) of Android from Google: http://code.google.com/p/android-x86/downloads/list (I tried android-x86-4.0-RC1-eeepc.iso in this example).

Creat a new virtual machine to run the installation:



Point the “Installed disc image” to the android-x86-4.0-RC1-eeepc.iso file you downloaded:



Choose a install directory, where you’ll keep the virtual machine folder.



Make a small drive. 1 gig is enough.



Customize hardware:

and increase the memory to 512 megabyte. (or more)



Select INSTALL. You can also run the live CD. But I prefer to install the OS. If you choose live cd, you don’t need to do anything after this step, except enjoy your android.



Then: Create/Modify partitions <-- Press enter.
Choose [ New ] <-- Press enter.
then [ Primary ] <-- Press enter.
Size (in MB): 1069.29 <-- Press enter.

Then:
Choose [ Bootable ] <-- Press enter.
Choose [ Write ] <-- Press enter.
type yes <-- Press enter.


Now the disc is being prepared:



Choose [ Quit ] <-- Press enter.


Now select sda as the install partition:



Choose a file-system. I tried ext2 and ext3. Take whatever you like.


Install the GRUB bootloader.



File-system writable? If you want a writable file-system, choose yes.


You are done. Choose Run Android-x86.






Note: This version has NO ethernet support. You can find a version that supports sound and ethernet here: http://www.buildroid.org/Download/android-x86-vm-20120307.iso.gz (thanks to source: http://www.android-dev.ro/2012/03/17/android-x86-4-0-rc1-for-virtualbox-is-released/ )


More info can be found on http://www.android-x86.org/

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