even if it does go wrong it is using the windows boot manager, so windows and your windows installation is still intact On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Joshua Zeidner wrote: > 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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