Anyone here try out Wubi?
http://wubi-installer.org/
-jmz
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> Anyone here try out Wubi?
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> http://wubi-installer.org/
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well, I've got a laptop with ... ugh, Vista on it and I want to set
up Ubuntu without too much hassle.
my fear is that Wubi will mess up my boot sector.
-jmz
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 11:43 PM, Dan Lund
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I mean this with all seriousness and not as a
Use the Live CD as the install media instead, that's my suggestion.
It does give the option of resizing the partitions during the install.
That's why I was questioning why even use a windows version installer.
Only reason I can think of is if you just don't want to burn a CD.
Thanks,
Dan Lund
To
For some reason it wouldn't repartition the drive on a Dell E1505 laptop. I
used Acronis Disk Director and resized it manually. Then Intrepid (Ubuntu)
installed without issue. Just pointing out that it doesn't always work from
the live cd.
Sincerely,
Judd Pickell
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 12:15 AM,
Am 02. Nov, 2008 schwätzte Joshua Zeidner so:
well, I've got a laptop with ... ugh, Vista on it and I want to set
up Ubuntu without too much hassle.
my fear is that Wubi will mess up my boot sector.
Use a live CD to dd the boot sector to a file, then put it back if it
the install
Wubi wrks great, but if you are useing raid that ubuntu doesnt know
what to do with it will break. in single drive scenarios its fine.
no need to fidgit with partitions as its becomes a file, similar to a
virtual machine image within the NTFS structure, and then you have a
specific share that is
Yes,
There are quite a few similar experiences with Wubi failures on the Ubuntu
forums.
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Lisa, I think Dan and Judd are describing a situation where they
*don't* use Wubi.
to my knowledge, Wubi does not repartition the drive.
-jmz
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Lisa Kachold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes,
>
> There are quite a few similar experiences w
Not having used wubi, I can't comment other than that I've never had a
problem managing or fixing the boot sector.
ya'll probably know the linux tools for fixing a boot sector better than I
do.
To fix a windows boot sector just boot from the windows cd, drop to a
command prompt
rumor has it though that Vista does not play nicely with other boot
sectors. I dont feel like taking a chance at this point.
-jmz
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Josh Coffman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not having used wubi, I can't comment other than that I've ne
st because I'm a windows programmer,
Get Thee To A Nunnery!
> which means losing windows on my dev box is/was a big risk for me.
>
> You could use gparted to image your machine to a backup location before
> trying wubi. It should be trivial to recover then if there was a p
mer,
>
>
> Get Thee To A Nunnery!
>
>
>> which means losing windows on my dev box is/was a big risk for me.
>>
>> You could use gparted to image your machine to a backup location before
>> trying wubi. It should be trivial to recover then if there was a proble
e to a backup location before
trying wubi. It should be trivial to recover then if there was a problem.
-j
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Joshua Zeidner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> rumor has it though that Vista does not play nicely with other boot
> sectors. I dont feel like
> > Personally, I think of risk & cost before doing such a thing. I'm in a
> > different situation than most on this list because I'm a windows
> programmer,
>
>
> Get Thee To A Nunnery!
>
>
Zoot: Welcome, brave sir Knight. Welcome to the Castle Anthrax.
Sir Galahad: The Castle Anthrax?
Zoot: Ye
ur program.
--Linus Torvalds, Original Inventor of the Linux kernel
August, 2006
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Joshua Zeidner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Lisa, I think Dan and Judd are describing a situation where they
> *don't* use Wubi.
>
> to my knowledge, Wubi does not
Its an option for people wanting to try Linux, and not wanting to make
horribly permanent changes to their partitioning.
for us. it doesn't have quite the usefulness unless we have a windows
box and some restriction in its alteration.
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Dan Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w
Oh okay, a try before you buy scenario, gotcha.
Thanks man :)
Thanks,
Dan Lund
If you need more than 3 levels of indentation, you're screwed anyway,
and should fix your program.
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August, 2006
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Stephen <[EMAIL
; different situation than most on this list because I'm a windows programmer,
> which means losing windows on my dev box is/was a big risk for me.
>
> You could use gparted to image your machine to a backup location before
> trying wubi. It should be trivial to recover then if ther
booting W2K.
At this point I figured I'd try out Wubi (http://wubi-installer.org) as
an easy way to get Linux on the machine. All went well until the first
boot into Ubuntu. The computer hung at one of the install processes.
After that it would not run the Wubi installer again.
???
I l
oot DOS.
> - Run W2K installer from DOS.
> - Install W2K to a second partition created by the W2K installer.
> - All is well with booting W2K.
>
> At this point I figured I'd try out Wubi (http://wubi-installer.org) as
> an easy way to get Linux on the machine. All went well
Dazed_75 wrote:
> Which wubi-installer did you use? They exist for different versions
> of ubuntu. Last I looked the version for ubuntu 7.10 was still in
> beta. I would be suspicious of the ubuntu version as well. My
> experience trying 7.10 on a variety of machines seems to
Marvin Fretwell and I have been looking into this. I did a fair
amount of research today and wrote a rather speculative paper to
describe what I found. It is clearly a draft and not ready for prime
time. But it is only 2 pages so I will send you a copy off list. Let
me know if it is helpful or
t of
music/pictures/documents and some software in Windows that wants to use,
and I think that having a dual-boot will be less complicated.
Does anybody have experience using Wubi on an infected Windows
partition?
Does anybody knows of an Antivirus for Windows that will work in Ubuntu
so maybe I c
f
> music/pictures/documents and some software in Windows that wants to
> use,
> and I think that having a dual-boot will be less complicated.
>
> Does anybody have experience using Wubi on an infected Windows
> partition?
> Does anybody knows of an Antivirus for Windows that
Jon,
So far I've tried, MalwareBytes, Super Antispyware, DrWeb Live CD, and
nothing... The computer is still infected. I'm installing Ubuntu right
now using Wubi. I'll keep you posted.
Renato
On Sun, 2009-04-26 at 11:03 -0700, Jon M. Hanson wrote:
> Run this: http://www.su
infected. I'm installing Ubuntu
> right
> now using Wubi. I'll keep you posted.
>
> Renato
>
> On Sun, 2009-04-26 at 11:03 -0700, Jon M. Hanson wrote:
>> Run this: http://www.superantispyware.com. Use the free edition and
>> it
>> should be ab
-az.net
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 26, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Renato Patron wrote:
>
> > Jon,
> >
> > So far I've tried, MalwareBytes, Super Antispyware, DrWeb Live CD, and
> > nothing... The computer is still infected. I'm installing Ubuntu
> >
t; Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 26, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Renato Patron wrote:
>>
>>> Jon,
>>>
>>> So far I've tried, MalwareBytes, Super Antispyware, DrWe
Ok, I installed Ubuntu using Wubi, but it doesn't load. It starts and
then it hangs and the computer shuts down.
I tried Ubuntu using the Live CD feaure and it works perfectly.
I'm lost...
Any suggestions?
Renato
On Sun, 2009-04-26 at 11:27 -0700, Jon M. Hanson wrote:
> It will
ts and some software in Windows that wants to use,
> and I think that having a dual-boot will be less complicated.
>
> Does anybody have experience using Wubi on an infected Windows
> partition?
> Does anybody knows of an Antivirus for Windows that will work in Ubuntu
> so maybe I
Pasibly some issues on disk
If you have an old drive someplace you can add it for linux
On 4/26/09, Renato Patron wrote:
> Ok, I installed Ubuntu using Wubi, but it doesn't load. It starts and
> then it hangs and the computer shuts down.
> I tried Ubuntu using the Live CD feaur
OK, Wubi is a bad idea generally and a terrible idea if Windows is
already infected.
I strongly recommend using the standard install CD and doing a guided
partitioning process, shrinking the Windows partition and installing
Ubuntu in it's own, native partition.
That STILL won't disinfe
009-04-26 at 13:20 -0700, Jim March wrote:
> OK, Wubi is a bad idea generally and a terrible idea if Windows is
> already infected.
>
> I strongly recommend using the standard install CD and doing a guided
> partitioning process, shrinking the Windows partition and installin
lost hours just to find
> out that the computer is still unusable.
> I'm wiping the disk and installing Ubuntu from scratch. I'll have to
> train my customer to use Ubuntu, but at least the computer will be
> working :)
>
> Renato
>
>
> On Sun, 2009-04-26 at 13:20
atch. I'll
> have to
> train my customer to use Ubuntu, but at least the computer
> will be
> working :)
>
> Renato
>
>
>
> On Sun, 2009-04-26 at 13:20 -0700, Jim March wrote:
> > O
Quoting:
---
I found the hard way that you are right. I've lost hours just to find
out that the computer is still unusable.
I'm wiping the disk and installing Ubuntu from scratch. I'll have to
train my customer to use Ubuntu, but at least the computer will be
working :)
---
IF the system has enou
7;d like to install Ubuntu from scratch, but my customer is not
> > completely sure about that. Also she has a lot of
> > music/pictures/documents and some software in Windows that wants to use,
> > and I think that having a dual-boot will be less complicated.
> >
> > Does anybo
untu from scratch, but my customer is not
> completely sure about that. Also she has a lot of
> music/pictures/documents and some software in Windows that wants to use,
> and I think that having a dual-boot will be less complicated.
>
> Does anybody have experience using Wubi on an infe
Stu wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-04-26 at 10:59 -0700, Renato Patron wrote:
> Not too long ago I fixed up a laptop for a friend who had the same
> problem. I copied his "Documents and Settings" onto a usb HD, scanned it
> from my Linux computer with ClamAV, (AVG also has a free anti virus that
> run
Hi,
My friend just installed Kubuntu onto his system via Wubi and has been
having problems installing software. AKA, wubi didn't install adept or any
package manager...
Is this normal? Should he just apt-get install adept or do you guys think
there is something more sinistar?
--
Thank
Wubi sucks. Jeez. Installing a stable operating system from within
an UNstable one is insanity. It's Ubuntu's worst idea. Shuttleworth
will eventually figure it out, meanwhile do a real install - dual-boot
if you must.
Jim
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PL
Wubi is fantastic and works superbly in most systems and for most people.
Frankly, I've seen so many people happy with it in the last two ubuntu
releases I have a hard time seeing where anyone would say it sucks. We did
two such installs Saturday at the installfest and both went without a
thin windows
(wubi install)
- Shortly after booting into kubuntu I was notified 4 updates were available
- Verified that apt-get, etc and aptitude were both installed
- Looked through the KDE menus and found Applications/System/Software
Management (which showed a description of "KpackageKit&quo
>
> My friend just installed Kubuntu onto his system via Wubi and has been
> having problems installing software. AKA, wubi didn't install adept or any
> package manager...
>
> Is this normal? Should he just apt-get install adept or do you guys think
> there is something
Quoting:
---
Wubi is an Ubuntu installer for Windows that lets you install and
uninstall Ubuntu from a Windows desktop. Wubi adds an entry to the
Windows boot menu which allows you to run Linux. Ubuntu is installed
within a file in the Windows file system (a loopmounted partition),
this file is
wubi is a stepping stone. Not a good long term solution, but a way to
get to the other side.
Jim March wrote:
> Quoting:
>
> ---
> Wubi is an Ubuntu installer for Windows that lets you install and
> uninstall Ubuntu from a Windows desktop. Wubi adds an entry to the
> Windo
But the idea of Wubi in all truth was another means by which to bring
Linux to the attention of Windows users. The idea in most of these
setups is not to really be permanent but give you a chance to play with
Linux in a more robust situation than those shown in a LiveCD.
Kenny
Jim March
Guys, once you have a working Ubuntu/Wubi system, how likely is it the
user will just stick with it as long as it works?
Seriously?
Jim
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Wubi is great for its purpose
For you it is not needed but for someone who is 100% new to linux it
is a great learning tool it was never considered a replacement for a
real dual boot
On 4/28/09, Jim March <1.jim.ma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Quoting:
>
> ---
> Wubi is an Ub
Jim March wrote:
> Guys, once you have a working Ubuntu/Wubi system, how likely is it the
> user will just stick with it as long as it works?
Very likely. The question is, how long will that be? ;)
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On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Eric Shubert wrote:
> Jim March wrote:
> > Guys, once you have a working Ubuntu/Wubi system, how likely is it the
> > user will just stick with it as long as it works?
>
> Very likely. The question is, how long will that be?
) 3Gb EIDE hard disc.
The small problem was I seem to recall that DOS didn't love the deep
paths it tended to create.
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If it wasn't for Wubi I'd have to use Winblows at work.
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Hi,
I think wubi is a great idea. It reminds me of the OpenCD project that
had all multi-platform software on it. The idea was to make it easier
for windows and apple people to gain linux experience. After having
read this thread, I am thinking about installing it on a friend's
computer.
Or, you know, a dual bootable setup is deathly easy with the ubuntu
installer and as was pointed out, much safer...
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Matthew A Coulliette
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I think wubi is a great idea. It reminds me of the OpenCD project that
> had all multi-platform
er and as was pointed out, much safer...
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Matthew A Coulliette
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I think wubi is a great idea. It reminds me of the OpenCD project that
>> had all multi-platform software on it. The idea was to mak
CD or Wubi. As anyone who has used a live CD for any length of
time knows, it's a royal pain. The boot is slow, it runs slowly, if you
want to save anything, you've got to be careful to save it to a flash
drive, and aside from what you put on a flash drive, everything is new
each time you b
The problem is that most users will not see the upgrade path when they are
ready for it, leaving them at the will of the windwos boot loader utnil it
goes kaput and their ubuntu install is at the will of a fussy ntfs
filesystem.
Imo wubi gives a new user a small paddle boat to get out to the main
hey are
> ready for it, leaving them at the will of the windwos boot loader utnil it
> goes kaput and their ubuntu install is at the will of a fussy ntfs
> filesystem.
>
> Imo wubi gives a new user a small paddle boat to get out to the main ship,
> but no ladder to climb on board onc
Or an app that ran from cron once a month saying "hey, you're running wubi,
switch to a dual boot. Click 'Install to HDD' and we'll do this for you,
making sure that Windows is set up in Grub to dual boot."
On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Stephen wrote:
> It is
honestly the installer in a wubi shell would be handy, but im not sure
how resizeing a partition that your actively running on will work
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Ryan Rix wrote:
> Or an app that ran from cron once a month saying "hey, you're running wubi,
> switch to a
ok, "here put a cd-r in and we'll burn you a nice automagic installer/data
moving thinger."
the qubi image is just an ext3 image right? dd, baby :)
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Stephen wrote:
> honestly the installer in a wubi shell would be handy, but im not sure
> how
r in and we'll burn you a nice automagic installer/data
> moving thinger."
> the qubi image is just an ext3 image right? dd, baby :)
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Stephen wrote:
>>
>> honestly the installer in a wubi shell would be handy, but im not sure
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