Neil Greenwood wrote: > 2009/5/17 John <jake...@sky.com>: > >> Hi, I got it fixed. I was using the Wubi.exe installer from the website, >> and it was downloading the wrong version. Now that you have asked the >> question, I am not sure. I know it wasnt the i386 version. Once you got >> past the initial install, it said it was installing the other version. I >> had actually installed it once, and couldnt use the deb installer, which >> is how I came to first realise, then I uninstalled it, then redownloaded >> the installer, then tried again, and that was when I saw what it was >> downloading. I could not get the i386 installer, even though the machine >> I was using is a 32bit machine it was downloading the 64bit version. I >> think there might be something wrong with the wubi.exe installer on the >> wubi site. >> >> I eventually found out that you can install it via the disk. I didnt >> realise first of all that it would show if you didnt restart the laptop, >> just insert the disc and let it run. Once I found that it worked, and >> now I have the right version, and its working. Its also updated really >> well too, plus I have the right software sources updated and installed. >> I am having a few problems with flash stuff, and I know the flash player >> is installed, but its very slow. Which is strange as its quite a fast >> machine. I was very impressed with the way it works on a vista machine >> though, which is a surprise. I know its not the best way to have Ubuntu >> installed, but for a beginner who is not good with partitioning, its a >> very good way to get used to Ubuntu. >> >> Sorry if that sounds a bit waffly. I hope you can understand what I'm >> saying. >> > > Hwyl John, > > Is this the same machine where you were having problems before? If it > was trying to run 64-bit code on a 32-bit machine, that would > certainly explain some of what you were seeing! > > Glad it's working now. Not sure why flash is so slow. I've not really > run wubi (I tried it for 30 minutes a couple of releases ago), so > maybe someone else can say if this is normal... > > Cofion, > Neil. > > Hi Neil,
Sorry I took so long to answer your message. I lost it in all the e-mail things I have. I have 3 Ubuntu and 2 windows. Gets confusing now and again. No its not the same pc. Its a friends. It seems that Wubi only wants to install the amd version, I have tried to install it again on another pc and that is the version it installed again, even though it is on a a 32 bit machine, so thats 2 separate machines that tried to install the wrong version, kind of odd. Sorry again, John. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/