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installing ubuntu in offline mode
I have made a dual boot of fedora 16 and windows 7. I wanted to make a triple boot by installing ubuntu 11 which i just downloaded (iso file 695 MB) from their official website. Can i install it in ...
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Wubi installer 11.10 error on Vista
The Wubi Installer crashes at the very end of the installation for some reason. Here is the log file (I only included the end):
Thanks in advance for your help!
04-05 19:17 DEBUG downloader: ...
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Trade Windows for Wubi
After having enough of Windows' instability, I have decided to migrate to Ubuntu permanently. I have Ubuntu installed through Wubi and I am wondering if there is a painless way to delete windows ...
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Ubuntu Wubi Kernel Panic
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 through Wubi to a Windows 7 NTFS drive. Everything worked ok -- after I booted into Ubuntu I did all the upgrades and everything was ok and I rebooted etc. However today, ...
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How can I run a shell command in Windows without the shell closing itself automatically?
According to this post, I run that command but a black page flashes and disappears. What should I do to see the result?
I rebooted but it doesn't take effect.
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Removing Ubuntu boot option?
I had installed Ubuntu inside Windows, then decided I didn't need it, so I tried to uninstall. It needed the disc, which I didn't have at the time, and I really needed the space, so I just deleted the ...
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Wubi Installation Errors
When trying to install Wubi I get the error:
An error occurred:
unsubcriptable object
I checked my log file and I see the following:
12-10 14:06 ERROR root: unsubscriptable object
Traceback ...
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Wireless connection in Ubuntu [closed]
I installed Ubuntu with Wubi, logged in and haven't found any wireless connections.
How can I connect to Wi-fi now?
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Cannot install Ubuntu 11.10 with wubi
I had a dualboot on my Dell 8400: Windows XP and Ubuntu 10.4. Windows no longer works. I got the blue screen of death, and I can no longer boot into Windows, but I can boot into Ubuntu.
I want to do ...
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When and where does Wubi mount it's virtual disks?
My use of the wubi-new-virtual-disk command made Wubi start mounting this new virtual home disk over my /home folder. After the use of the script failed, I am left with Wubi constantly remounting an ...
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Ubuntu installed through Wubi does not boot due to “NTFS: error 'prefix' is not set”
I installed Wubi on my Windows XP Professional SP3. So when I start the system I get the menu where I select OS to start: Windows or Ubuntu. When I select Ubuntu, I get to a black screen with message
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How to get WUBI to install to a certain directory in Windows 7
How would I get WUBI to install to a specified directory other than the default one in c drive? In Windows 7. Could I get all of the files to maybe go to the hidden boot folder also on the C: drive.
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Are there any disadvantages installing Ubuntu from Windows with Wubi?
I will install Ubuntu on my machine on another HDD (an empty partition for Ubuntu). I will do this with Wubi to avoid having to burn a CD and is more practical at the moment. Is there any problem ...
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Error when installing wubi on windows 7
Im installing ubuntu on windows 7(wubi 11.10):
when its nearly done it gives me this error in the log file:
Usage: /cygdrive/c/Users/Psao/AppData/Local/Temp/pyl10D2.tmp/bin/resize2fs.exe -f ...
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Is it possible to boot a Wubi/Ubuntu system in a virtual machine?
I think the title says it all. Is there any method for doing this? I've Googled around but only found solutions to similar, but not identical problems, and just plain non-answers from people who don't ...
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Recover deleted files after reinstalling WUBI
I have reinstalled Ubuntu on my machine using WUBI installer. So the all data from the previous installation is gone. Is it still possible to recover files from the previous Ubuntu installation?
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Data rescue mission: Ubuntu, Wubi, and Windows
While working in my Ubuntu partition (set up via magic when I double-clicked a wubi.exe six months ago), I was uncareful and filled up my hard drive while trying to install some package I don't even ...
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opening dsk files in windows 7?
I came to know about this website from a question on Askubuntu but I still cant open .dsk files with it. My file which contains the data of my OS is named as root.dsk.
But i cant open it with ...
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How can re-use Ubuntu which was installed via Wubi on Windows 7?
For some reason I can't install Ubuntu from CD or USB, so that I had to installed Ubuntu via Wubi. But I install Ubuntu into partition 'D' and partition of Win 7 is 'C'. If I re-install win 7, how can ...
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How to run WINDOWS inside Linux via container (Reverse-WUBI)
Would it be possible to install Windows 7 to a virtual container, chainload, and boot it? This is similar to how WUBI boots Ubuntu inside windows.
It wouldn't be hard to install windows to a ...
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Install 32 bit x86 version of Ubuntu 11.04 on a 64 bit capable Core 2 Duo computer
I am trying to install Ubuntu 11.04 on my Core 2 Duo PC using the 'Ubuntu installer for Windows' so that I can dual-boot to Windows 7 (32bit) or Ubuntu 11.04. I already have the x86 alternative ISO ...
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Recover deleted data with rm -rf (wubi ubuntu 10.10)
I accidentally deleted /home directory with sudo rm -rf... :(
I tried to restore it with testdisk, but becouse Ubuntu is from Wubi, it cannot list filesystem and dont know another way to do this.
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Am I taking a performance hit from virtualizing in an Ubuntu Host installed via wubi?
I decided recently that since I virtualize all my programming environments there is basically no reason for me to be running Windows as a host OS. So, to get me started I installed Ubuntu via wubi and ...
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Which risks do I have using a Wubi installation for Ubuntu instead of a traditional Live cd?
My brother is afraid of windows malware and all that mess in the Windows World. He has a laptop with Windows Vista, and afraid to use internet banking and such in this machine.
He can't use Linux (he ...
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What filesystem is Wubi?
I want to convert by Wubi Ubuntu install to a partition. But what filesystem is it? Which should I use?
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Mount Ubuntu .disk file as Virtual Drive on Windows
I installed Ubuntu "on" Windows Vista using the Wubi installer.
The Ubuntu "disk" files are located in C:\ubuntu\disks\. (So, there's a large 30GB .disk file in that directory.)
How can I "mount" it ...
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Will system restore “restore” a wubi root.disk?
I have Windows XP on C:, and installed Wubi Ubuntu 10.10 on D:\ubuntu.
I encountered a power interruption while using XP. When the power got back, I booted into Ubuntu, detected the Windows wasn't ...
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Is there an easy way to convert 11.04 wubi install to a new partititon with no drawback?
I have a wubi install that is running great. Some of the setup though is pretty time intensive, and I didn't realize that WUBI was only meant for testing - I thought it would be equally as good as the ...
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How to run a WUBI Ubuntu installation from VMware fusion?
I have a Mac, running OSX as my host OS. I have a Boot Camp partition, which contains a WUBI install of Ubuntu.
Is there some way that I can run the WUBI install of Ubuntu through VMware fusion, so ...
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installed Xubuntu 10.10 and now I can't start WIndows XP
I just installed Xubuntu 10.10 using wubi.exe on the install disk.
It didn't say anything about repartitioning hard disks or anything, but now Xubuntu runs, and WinXP doesn't. When I try to run ...
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In wubi installed ubuntu, is '/host' needed?
I had windows 7, and i installed ubuntu 10.04 with wubi. when i did it, it created a 17gb partition, with out putting much data in it. it is called 'New Volume' and it is mounted ad '/host', it is ...
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How is Wubi different from dual-booting or a VM image?
The only difference that I see between regular dual-booting and Wubi is that the latter has a more user-friendly installation process, but otherwise it seems to be the same. Am I missing something ...
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Install Ubuntu Netbook 10.10 without CD/USB/WUBI from HDD on WinXP
I have downloded the Ubuntu Netbook 10.10 ISO file. When I mount it on a Virtual drive it gives me the option to install it via CD(restart and boot from disc) or use the WUBI installer. The WUBI ...
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How does WUBI handle partitions upon shutdown?
Alright, so, basically, I'm trying to boot up Gentoo in a manner similar to WUBI; I have an installation on an ext4-formatted loopback file, BURG installed under the Windows Bootloader, and the ...
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Cannot find grldr in all devices
I'm running wubi on XP machine. Started out originally with 8.04, and gradually upgraded to 10.04. Recently, I was creating linux bootable USB drive, and put it in my system to see if it would work. ...
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su command in ubuntu installed in wubi didn't work
I am new linux user especially on Ubuntu. I've installed Ubuntu Lucid Lynx using in Windows XP using Wubi. When I'm trying install java, it require su command, the instruction on java said I have to ...
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How do I access files inside a Wubi virtual ext4 Ubuntu partition from within Windows?
I just installed Ubuntu 10.04 using Wubi on a PC that has Windows XP and Windows 7 installed. I was working in it for a while and everything is just fine.
However, when I booted back into Windows 7, ...
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How does it hurt to use Linux (Ubuntu) as a guest OS for all my tasks?
I have a machine running Windows, where the disk has two partitions C (50 GB) and D (250GB).
I do research in Information Retrieval and need to work with a large corpus (more than 50 GB) and in ...
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Where is '/host' declared for mount in Wubi (Ubuntu 9.10)?
I'm using Wubi (ubuntu 9.10), and I couldn't find where '/host' mountpoint is declared for mounting. There's no entry in fstab, but it's listed in /proc/mount and mounted at boot time. Any ideas?
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ubuntu 10.04 notebook edition running slow
I installed ubuntu 10.04 notebook edition inside windows 7 through wubi installation.
I've installed it in a Compaq Presario b1200 laptop.
But the graphics is very slow. When I choose the items in ...
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backup linux that installed inside windows
I have Ubuntu 10.04 inside Windows Vista.
I'm going to install Windows 7 but I don't want to lose all the software I have downloaded.
How can I backup my Linux on an external device (HDD, DVD ...) and ...
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Access the partition where I installed Wubi in Ubuntu
I recently installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS through Wubi on Windows XP.
I installed it in a partition (say J:) and the installation went fine.
I can access my other NTFS partitions normally in Ubuntu ...
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I tried installing Ubuntu 10.04 and I got this message - any ideas on what to do?
No root file system defined. Please correct this from the partition menu.
This message shows up when I first boot into Ubuntu after the installation.
I installed it by mounting the ISO with Daemon ...
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How do I install Ubuntu on Windows 7 with BitLocker?
I installed Ubuntu 10.4 using Wubi on a Windows 7 x64 on the first partion that is NTFS and it's using BitLocker and it does fail to load.
Is it Wubi incompatible with BitLocker or there is a way to ...
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GRUB doesn't recognize partitions on one harddisk
I have a dualboot computer with Windows Vista (on hd0) and Ubuntu 9.10. The bootloader is GRUB and the windows bootloader lets me decide between Vista and Ubuntu-Installation (broken WuBi). But now (i ...
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Ubuntu Wubi “drive” failure; mount drive in XP?
I installed the Wubi distribution of Ubuntu on a separate partition (which is silly, since why do I care if Windows can still manage the partition?) a few months back; it was pretty awesome, until ...
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How to increase disk space in Wubi (Ubuntu via windows)?
I installed Ubuntu via Windows 7. I allocated only 8 GB space to it, but unfortunately now I want more space without reinstalling or creating another partition. Is there any way to increase the disk ...
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Cannot open an external hard drive in Windows
In Windows 7, I was installing Ubuntu using Wubi (Windows-based Ubuntu installer) to an external hard drive when suddenly it disconnected from the PC. After I connected it back to the PC, and ...
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Does Wubi contain UNR?
I'd like to avoid the repartitioning that's required when installing Ubuntu "for real".
Wubi is the perfect answer because it just goes inside the Windows partition that's already there.
I know that ...
