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 wrote: > 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 and run "fixmbr" > > I've rarely had to do that myself, and I've been around the block as far as > dual booting and moving partitions around. Actually now that I think of it, > it might have been an earlier ubuntu distro that messed up my boot sector > and I couldn't fix it with fixmbr. However, I was able to fix it with the > Fedora installer. That was the worst scenario that I've experienced and it > was fine other than the short lived panic. > > -j > > On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Joshua Zeidner wrote: >> >> 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 >> wrote: >> > Yes, >> > >> > There are quite a few similar experiences with Wubi failures on the >> > Ubuntu >> > forums. >> > >> > http://wapedia.mobi/en/Obnosis | >> > http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Citations:obnosis | Obnosis.com >> > (503)754-4452 >> > ________________________________ >> > ________________________________ >> > Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 00:19:47 -0700 >> > From: pickell@gmail.com >> > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> > Subject: Re: Wubi >> > >> > 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, Dan Lund >> > >> > wrote: >> > >> > 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 exercise power costs effort and demands courage. That is why so >> > many fail to assert rights to which they are perfectly entitled - >> > because a right is a kind of power but they are too lazy or too >> > cowardly to exercise it. The virtues which cloak these faults are >> > called patience and forbearance. >> > -Friedrich Nietzsche >> > >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 12:09 AM, der.hans wrote: >> >> Use a live CD to dd the boot sector to a file, then put it back if it >> >> the install gets horked? >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > Store, manage and share up to 5GB with Windows Live SkyDrive. Start >> > uploading now >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss