Re: [orca-list] Fw: Wuby install with Orca

["Aruni Sharma" <libranarsh gmail com>]

Hi, once you install ubuntu inside windows, you should wait after
reboot quite a bit for the installation to complete. It will restart
once and then will start working. so it requires two restarts for the
complete installation.
Regards,
Aruni.

On 11/17/08, Lee Maschmeyer <lee_maschmeyer wayne edu> wrote:
> 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
>
>
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