** Reply to message from Marieke Thayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:58:45 -0700
> I don't know if there is a Wubi that is compatible with Vista. That was just too easy. Google for "ubuntu vista wubi" and you'll find your answer. > However, Vista has a compatibility mode that might allow you to run > Wubi as an XP program. No need if you look at the Ubuntu wubi infor found in the above search. >IMO partitioning the disk is a good option. A good option if you've ever done it before but most Windows users have not since their systems were pre-loaded / pre-partitioned. Wubi is just like installing a Windows application. It does require admin rights because the installer needs to add a boot entry for Ubuntu. > A suggestion that > was made to me at one time is to run linux on a USB drive. The person > who made that suggestion didn't know that I had a second hard drive on > the machine, so I used the second drive for my linux. I don't know how > well the USB option would work because of speed of access to the file > system and because you would probably have to work to have GRUB on your > hard drive rather than the USB drive. A modern computer will boot from USB and because this thread subject says "Vista", it is much much more likely to be a newer system. So, there is no issue with putting GRUB on the HD for a USB boot. Performance will be much slower than running with Wubi or raw HD installation. Again, Wubi.exe is going to be easier, safer, give near raw/partition installation performance. Since there are so many Windows users on this list, could someone with some Linux installation skills run the Ubuntu/Kubuntu 8.04 Wubi installation and comment on this? Doug -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
