I want to say a big THANK YOU to all who have made this possible. I
feel great knowing my contribution helped out.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/57379
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We now ship wubi which solves this.
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Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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Has UNetbootin http://lubi.sourceforge.net/unetbootin.html been
considered for accomplishing this (basically similar to instlux, only
it's better maintained and supports more distros, including the latest
Ubuntu, which instlux does not, as well as Vista support and
installation via .deb or .rpm pac
After looking at Wubi, I think my idea is a bit "cleaner". I say this
because when you use Wubi, the Ubuntu living inside a file in NTFS will
in time loose performance as it falls prey to that NTFS partition
becoming more fragmented.
Having said that, Wubi would probably be an easier solution to
2007/5/6, DustinHarriman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hello Henrik,
>
> Glad to hear you're on the case, and there is momentum behind this
> issue.
I too am glad. The project is already approved in Launchpad, and at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_(Linux_distribution)#_ref-0 it says
"There are curren
Hello Henrik,
Glad to hear you're on the case, and there is momentum behind this
issue.
I have another possibility for you to add to
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/InstallerForWindows
"Smart Boot Manager"
http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/about.html
Summary: "Smart Boot Manager (SBM) is an OS independent an
Assigning this to myself. I've charted the main options and written a
summary here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/InstallerForWindows We'll discuss
this at UDS.
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Target: None => ubuntu-7.10
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** Also affects: Baltix
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Fair enough. I give you guys big kudos for respecting the Windows
install (that a new Ubuntu install would either live alongside or wipe
out). It is interesting to note that Microsoft **does not** pay that
same courtesy back to Ubuntu. Witness what happens when you have a
system with Ubuntu only
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 05:26:41PM -, Dustin wrote:
> I also am curious: could any of the multiple solutions be
> complimentary to each other? Like could more than one solution be
> used? Rather than spending lots of time and effort reaching a
> consensus on picking one solution, why not just
I also am curious: could any of the multiple solutions be
complimentary to each other? Like could more than one solution be
used? Rather than spending lots of time and effort reaching a
consensus on picking one solution, why not just go ahead with the
first and easiest one, and if a better soluti
2007/3/6, Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Please do not assign bugs to others without their request
I apologize.
> in particular, this is an idea with several possible solutions which are
> being considered
I am curious: what are some of the other solutions you're considering?
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Looking into this is on the agenda for our developer summit in Seville
in May. At this point (not being somebody who knows much about Windows)
I don't want to just slap something in without discussion.
>From a quick glance, instlux looks like a reasonable solution; there's
also win32-loader in the
I am taking the liberty of reassigning this to ubuntu-cdimage, since
they are the ones who can take care of this if they so choose.
** Changed in: Ubuntu
Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu CD Image Team
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https://launchpad
Thank you for your suggestion Dustin. I am sure someone from the
packaging/cd-image team will look into this possibility.
** Changed in: Ubuntu
Importance: Untriaged => Wishlist
Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed
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ht
** Summary changed:
- end users should not have to know how to set BIOS to boot from CD in order to
install Ubuntu
+ end users should not have to access BIOS whatsoever to install Ubuntu
** Description changed:
Virtually all PCs now come from the factory having default BIOS settings
to NOT
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