** Reply to message from Marieke Thayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:03:03 -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. > > > I was trying to give ideas rather than do something for somebody. I > didn't mean to upset or offend anybody. The idea was that you did NOT think something worked. That is not being very helpful when the answer is so simple to find. And Wubi.exe is just the installer for a Linux installation, it is not the Linux installation. If there are hardware issues with the LINUX INSTALL, wubi is not going to help/save/etc you from that. > > > > 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. > > > 1. The original poster seems reasonably savvy. one can never tell. > 2. I may have gotten a rotten taste about Wubi from the guy who tried to > tell me that my problems would be solved by using Wubi instead of the > partitioning that I had already done. Of course he didn't stop to > consider that my problems were with my broadcom wireless chip set and my > new Nvidia card for which there was no good Linux driver at the time. he must have been quite confused if he thought your posting for help with wireless and video was an installation problem. How strange. Doug -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
