Comments on: Wubi Installer on Ubuntu 7.10 Distro?

By: Marc

Marc — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:00:27 +0000

I had no problems installing Wubi and 7.04 on my Dell XPS M1210… worked like a charm. The only thing is that I was stingy… I only allocated 4 G for the install. When it ran so well, I got excited and started loading tons of apps (that I would never use anyway, but sounded neat). I ran out of room and attempts at re-sizing the file containers proved futile. I tried the new 7.10 w/ the Wubi loader, with much more room. I wanted to see those Compiz effects! While it looks like it loaded, and it “tries” to run, it gets so far and I get into a Linux dosbox-type environment.

Wubi is an excellent “‘tween” for those not wanting a true dual boot, but wanting a good flavor of Ubuntu.

Time for me to kill the old containers and re-load the Wubi w/ 7.04.

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:49:26 +0000

I tried to install the 7.10 via the Wubi from the Distro…to no avail…will there be a Wubi in the makings that will allow me to install 7.10 via the Distribution disc, so I can still use my Windows XP?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:28:12 +0000

Same as Willem; but 7.04 easily installed on a partitioned hard drive.

By: Willem

Willem — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:44:31 +0000

I tried it but it did not seem to install anything apart from another entry in the Vista boot loader

By: Paul Milligan, London, UK

Paul Milligan, London, UK — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:23:37 +0000

Unfortunately this version only seems to support CD boot as a way of bypassing BIOS problems. It does not allow the creation of a loopback hard drive image.

Please please please correct me if i’m wrong as I was one of those waiting for a fully supported WUBI