linuxgeek: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Older Machines part 2

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Older Machines part 2

When you insert an Ubuntu CD into the drive inside Windows it loads due to
WUBI, the Windows Ubuntu Installer, which allows you to install Ubuntu
inside Windows. It installs on the C drive and uninstalls in the Control
Panel like any Windows programme. It creates an image in C:/ubuntu that is
loaded as a drive when you re-boot.
Use caution when installing this way. It does not need Windows to run, but
is subject to any Windows problems such as fragmentation and crashes which
can damage the file structure. Ubuntu installed works as fast as regular
Ubuntu, but it cannot hibernate.

See: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wubi
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_(Ubuntu)

WUBI does not require any knowledge of partitioning and is a good way to get
a taste for Ubuntu without risking losing Windows.

I am not sure why you could not get the downloaded version to work. I have
downloaded Ubuntu dozens of times without a single problem. You need to burn
the downloaded ISO using a burning programme but first you need to open it
in the burner. This uncompresses the files. Follow the instructions here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

Roy

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2009/9/24 paw9230 <paw9230@yahoo.com>

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> Hi all, my laptop gave out, <boohoo> so i tried to install Ubuntu9.4, no
> luck splash screen would freeze. I burned the iso to disk, several times. I
> read in another place, sorry don't remember where, it was stated that the
> downloads do not load properly?! it is best to purchase the live cd from
> cano(can't remember the name). Here's the funny part, the auto run would
> start after inserting the disk into my hubby's comp. how could that be? I
> have tried both the 32bit and 64bit. According to the HP website I have a
> 64bit AMD. One last thing to try is to reload windows(yuck) and then try to
> install Ubuntu.
> BTW...Gary, Bruce and David, I still have a few of the older towers, just
> no place to work on them.
> Thanks
> Pat (formerly truckrwolf)
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