Wubi

[Stephen]

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 <jjzeidner at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Josh Coffman
> <josh at computeristsolutions.com> 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 <jjzeidner at gmail.com> 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
>>> <josh at computeristsolutions.com> 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 <jjzeidner at gmail.com>
>>> > 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 <lisakachold at obnosis.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >> > Yes,
>>> >> >
>>> >> > There are quite a few similar experiences with Wubi failures on the
>>> >> > Ubuntu
>>> >> > forums.
>>> >> >
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>>> >> > (503)754-4452
>>> >> > ________________________________
>>> >> > ________________________________
>>> >> > Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 00:19:47 -0700
>>> >> > From: pickell at gmail.com
>>> >> > To: plug-discuss at 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
>>> >> > <situationalawareness at gmail.com>
>>> >> > 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 <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
>>> >> >> Use a live CD to dd the boot sector to a file, then put it back if
>>> >> >> it
>>> >> >> the install gets horked?
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