Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Win 7 and dual-boot

Try WUBI, just for fun. Insert an Ubuntu CD in the drive while in Windows.
It will install Ubuntu on your C: drive at C:\ubuntu\. It will create a disk
image (8 or 10 GBs is enough to try) of Ubuntu and after you re-boot it will
mount the image as if it was a drive and then you are running Ubuntu from
your C: drive without Windows. No partitioning. It will be just like Ubuntu
internally (inside the image file). It's like magic!

Tip: defrag your drive first.

You can later remove Ubuntu from the Windows control panel and if you liked
it then you can try a full installation on the D: drive.

http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/windows-installer
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wubi
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide

If you do not want to make a CD and have a fast connection then you can have
WUBI download Ubuntu and install. Here is the link to the exe file. What
could be easier?

http://wubi.sourceforge.net/

Roy

Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit
Location: Canada

On 3 February 2011 15:11, m <m_alexander61@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com <LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote:
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> > I am dual booting Kubuntu on a Windows 7 box. I have not seen that it
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> > boots any worse than XP did on my old one.
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> > Roy
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> > Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit
> > Location: Canada
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> Thanks for your reply, Roy. I believe the issue has something to do with
> the GRUB 2 which apparently didn't give you any problems. Maybe it's a
> relatively rare problem so I'm certainly not going to worry about it now. It
> may be some time before I even install as I have no real need yet. My
> antivirus seems to be working well, I haven't needed to reboot once *yet*
> and 7 is not a totally undesirable product. Besides, I paid for it anyway,
> right? lol A bit of justification there.
> Mark
> Stuck in South Carolina
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