[orca-list] Fw: Wuby install with Orca

["Lee Maschmeyer" <lee_maschmeyer wayne edu>]

I thought this reply would go to the list instead of just Brent. Sorry about 
that...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lee Maschmeyer" <lee_maschmeyer wayne edu>
To: "Brent Harding" <bharding doorpi net>
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 08:42
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Wuby install with Orca


> >I have the ISO of Ubuntu 8.04.
>
> I've never heard of anybody doing anything in Windows with an ISO. Perhaps 
> you burned it to a CD?
>
> > I used it to install Ubuntu using Wuby in Windows. I chose accessibility, 
> > and it rebooted and I chose Ubuntu from the menu.
>
> > It seems to act like a live CD.
>
> What does this mean? A live CD does not reference the hard disk at any 
> time. You could mount it with a mount command but that's all. So it acts 
> like a brand new Ubuntu system as far as I can see.
>
> > How do I then install this thing into the image it creates, or is it just 
> > to install in a dedicated partition?
>
> It's already in the image. That's what the image is.
>
> > At first it didn't want to go until I hit enter a few times,
>
> What's "it"?
>
> > but then the live CD comes up from the hard drive.
>
> A physical impossibility.
>
> > I hope that's not all one can do.
>
> What doesn't it do that you want? I've been using WUBI for several months 
> with little difficulty, though another lister mentioned it's a precarious 
> install, subject to sudden demise and recommended only for evaluation 
> purposes. But until (unless) it goes belly-up it's virtually 
> indistinguishable from a native Ubuntu, at least in the light uses I've 
> tried.
>
> (OK, list, hang me up if I showed off too much of my ignorance. :-)
>
> --
>
> Lee Maschmeyer
> Wayne State University
> Detroit, Michigan, USA