On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Josh Coffman wrote: > I've heard that rumor and that is why my Vista machine is not dual boot. > Its a rumor that came from pre-release times.. I'm not sure its true though > as there are plenty of stories about dual or triple booting with vista. I > just haven't been brave enough to try it because that machine was my main > dev box. thats my current situation. > > 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! > 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 problem. basically I dont want to take any chances, Wubi seems like a failsafe Ubuntu install option. jmz > > -j > > > On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Joshua Zeidner wrote: >> >> 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. 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