Comments on: Windows User? Do You Wubi? http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/windows-user-do-you-wubi/ Resources, help, how to's and tutorials for Ubuntu Linux users! Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:01:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: UbuntuLinuxHelphttp://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/windows-user-do-you-wubi/comment-page-1/#comment-2534 UbuntuLinuxHelp Mon, 04 May 2009 15:59:02 +0000 http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/windows-user-do-you-wubi/#comment-2534 @Megg - I'm not a wubi expert. But I assume there are some kind of permissions or resource based access rules - yes (because you can access your Windows file when inside Wubi), I don't think defragmenting has anything to do with this issue.. Remember, your operating system is still Windows and this is not a full installation of Ubuntu. Minimum requirements are 5GB (4GB is too small), see here: <a href="http://wubi-installer.org/" rel="nofollow">http://wubi-installer.org/</a>Wubi adds an entry to the Windows boot menu which allows you to run Linux. Ubuntu is installed within a file in the Windows file system (c:\ubuntu\disks\root.disk), this file is seen by Linux as a real hard disk.Wubi was not designed for long-term usage and installations. The main aim of Wubi is to let people try out Ubuntu with confidence, then upgrade to a full installation.You might be interested in the <a href="http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2009/03/12/interview-with-agostino-russo-wubi-ubuntu/" rel="nofollow">interview with Agostino Russo</a>, who is the developer of Wubi. In that issue, he suggests that there are some issues, but he also better explains the purpose and development of Wubi.It's good that you got it working! :) @Megg – I’m not a wubi expert. But I assume there are some kind of permissions or resource based access rules – yes (because you can access your Windows file when inside Wubi), I don’t think defragmenting has anything to do with this issue.. Remember, your operating system is still Windows and this is not a full installation of Ubuntu. Minimum requirements are 5GB (4GB is too small), see here: http://wubi-installer.org/

Wubi adds an entry to the Windows boot menu which allows you to run Linux. Ubuntu is installed within a file in the Windows file system (c:\ubuntu\disks\root.disk), this file is seen by Linux as a real hard disk.

Wubi was not designed for long-term usage and installations. The main aim of Wubi is to let people try out Ubuntu with confidence, then upgrade to a full installation.

You might be interested in the interview with Agostino Russo, who is the developer of Wubi. In that issue, he suggests that there are some issues, but he also better explains the purpose and development of Wubi.

It’s good that you got it working! :)

]]> By: Megghttp://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/windows-user-do-you-wubi/comment-page-1/#comment-2533 Megg Mon, 04 May 2009 15:36:15 +0000 http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/windows-user-do-you-wubi/#comment-2533 Finally it works ! :D But...I do not know what caused problem/what exactly to do to make it worked.Things I have done (except described above): 1. Find and delete wubildr and wubiblr.mbr from my system partition 2. Defragment system partition 3. Reducing installation size to 4 Gb 4. Delete and create and format partition for ubuntu instalation once again 5. Find and remove from registry all entries ralating ubuntu OR xubuntu OR wubi After that it still does not work :( I turn computer off, because it has been late night... In the morning I turned computer on, defragment again. I thought, that I will try to install ubuntu on the other partition - with NTFS file system. And, I was surprised - it lasts no more than a few minutes. So I uninstall this installation - all works fine. Reformat partition for Ubuntu with NTFS (instead FAT32), run wubi again... Installation size 14Gb. And... It works. After a few minutes I have to reboot, choose Ubuntu from boot manager - and after awhile I saw Ubuntu login screen. Uffff. :) The only thing I would like to know - what from things I had tried, in fact caused it to work? Maybe there are some "mappings" between NTFS permissions and ext3 permissions, and they are necessary? Thanks !!! Finally it works ! :D
But…I do not know what caused problem/what exactly to do to make it worked.

Things I have done (except described above):
1. Find and delete wubildr and wubiblr.mbr from my system partition
2. Defragment system partition
3. Reducing installation size to 4 Gb
4. Delete and create and format partition for ubuntu instalation once again
5. Find and remove from registry all entries ralating ubuntu OR xubuntu OR wubi
After that it still does not work :(
I turn computer off, because it has been late night…
In the morning I turned computer on, defragment again. I thought, that I will try to install ubuntu on the other partition – with NTFS file system. And, I was surprised – it lasts no more than a few minutes. So I uninstall this installation – all works fine. Reformat partition for Ubuntu with NTFS (instead FAT32), run wubi again… Installation size 14Gb. And… It works. After a few minutes I have to reboot, choose Ubuntu from boot manager – and after awhile I saw Ubuntu login screen. Uffff. :)
The only thing I would like to know – what from things I had tried, in fact caused it to work? Maybe there are some “mappings” between NTFS permissions and ext3 permissions, and they are necessary?
Thanks !!!

]]> By: Megghttp://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/windows-user-do-you-wubi/comment-page-1/#comment-2526 Megg Sun, 03 May 2009 20:55:18 +0000 http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/windows-user-do-you-wubi/#comment-2526 Hi... It still "creating virtual disks". It seems that about 75-80% of this has been done - so it is not 33% (but thanks for links). I think that it has no sense to wait for finishing - I will kill this for a while. The one thing I did not do is to delete wubi file. Other things: this is a FAT32 stand-alone partition (so should not be any problems with permissions) - 24Gb Primary, tried to run wubi with "Run as administrator" (something like sudo in *nix) so privileges are high enough I think ;) Before "new" installation I delete whole partition and create again. After reading all comments and "attached" links I will try: localize and uninstall/delete wubi, make again new partition (maybe NTFS is required ? - I thought that FAT32 will be less "troubleshotter" ;)) and will try to install with more restriced space (now it has 20 Gb - I do not konw a detailed mechnizm of virtual disk creation in Ubuntu - it can depend on partiotion size?). I let you know if I success with this modification or not. Thanks again. Going to kill process :( Hi… It still “creating virtual disks”. It seems that about 75-80% of this has been done – so it is not 33% (but thanks for links). I think that it has no sense to wait for finishing – I will kill this for a while. The one thing I did not do is to delete wubi file. Other things: this is a FAT32 stand-alone partition (so should not be any problems with permissions) – 24Gb Primary, tried to run wubi with “Run as administrator” (something like sudo in *nix) so privileges are high enough I think ;) Before “new” installation I delete whole partition and create again.
After reading all comments and “attached” links I will try: localize and uninstall/delete wubi, make again new partition (maybe NTFS is required ? – I thought that FAT32 will be less “troubleshotter” ;)) and will try to install with more restriced space (now it has 20 Gb – I do not konw a detailed mechnizm of virtual disk creation in Ubuntu – it can depend on partiotion size?). I let you know if I success with this modification or not. Thanks again. Going to kill process :(

]]> By: UbuntuLinuxHelphttp://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/windows-user-do-you-wubi/comment-page-1/#comment-2525 UbuntuLinuxHelp Sun, 03 May 2009 19:29:52 +0000 http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/windows-user-do-you-wubi/#comment-2525 @Megg - As your host OS is really Windows, have you completely uninstalled wubi, before trying to reinstall it? Did you read the comments? One reader indicated the the uninstaller does not remove the wubi.exe file. He suggested that removing that file will allow you to reinstall wubi again (please see the comments). I'm not totally familiar with Vista - But could there be some permissions issue preventing a proper reinstall?Finally, I took a quick loog and this might be a known bug: "<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/wubi/+bug/117099" rel="nofollow">freeze on virtual drive format</a>" and "<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/lupin/+bug/115217" rel="nofollow">Installation freezes during virtual disk formatting</a>", again, the comments in the bug reports are important to read.I hope, in some way that this information helps you resolve the issue. Please let us know.Thanks! :) @Megg – As your host OS is really Windows, have you completely uninstalled wubi, before trying to reinstall it? Did you read the comments? One reader indicated the the uninstaller does not remove the wubi.exe file. He suggested that removing that file will allow you to reinstall wubi again (please see the comments). I’m not totally familiar with Vista – But could there be some permissions issue preventing a proper reinstall?

Finally, I took a quick loog and this might be a known bug: “freeze on virtual drive format” and “Installation freezes during virtual disk formatting“, again, the comments in the bug reports are important to read.

I hope, in some way that this information helps you resolve the issue. Please let us know.

Thanks! :)

]]> By: Megghttp://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/windows-user-do-you-wubi/comment-page-1/#comment-2523 Megg Sun, 03 May 2009 18:51:33 +0000 http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/windows-user-do-you-wubi/#comment-2523 Hi. I have successfully installed previous version (8.04 I think) "from" my Vista Business system with wubi. When new version appears I decide to remove previous and install the new one. For now i do not complete this task with success. All the time, again and again installer looks to be "stopped" on "creating wirtual disks". I have read above that it can took a long time.... But - how long is "long"? On my computer it lasts almost 40 minutes for now :( I'm thinking about killing process... Does anyone had such problem? I have tried to download another copy of wubi, install "via" net, install from ISO (in the same catalog is wubi), install with --32bit switch... Previous, successfull installation has taken about 20 minutes. Does anyone has any idea? Regards Hi. I have successfully installed previous version (8.04 I think) “from” my Vista Business system with wubi. When new version appears I decide to remove previous and install the new one. For now i do not complete this task with success. All the time, again and again installer looks to be “stopped” on “creating wirtual disks”. I have read above that it can took a long time…. But – how long is “long”? On my computer it lasts almost 40 minutes for now :( I’m thinking about killing process… Does anyone had such problem? I have tried to download another copy of wubi, install “via” net, install from ISO (in the same catalog is wubi), install with –32bit switch… Previous, successfull installation has taken about 20 minutes.
Does anyone has any idea?
Regards

]]> By: UbuntuLinuxHelphttp://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/windows-user-do-you-wubi/comment-page-1/#comment-1991 UbuntuLinuxHelp Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:52:56 +0000 http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/windows-user-do-you-wubi/#comment-1991 A reader ("J.D.") emailed me with the following:"...I found out that deleting the wubi.exe file, which does not get deleted upon uninstallment, allowed me to reinstall properly..."Thanks for the input J.D. A reader (“J.D.”) emailed me with the following:

“…I found out that deleting the wubi.exe file, which does not get deleted upon uninstallment, allowed me to reinstall properly…”

Thanks for the input J.D.

]]> By: tedhttp://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/windows-user-do-you-wubi/comment-page-1/#comment-1987 ted Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:12:13 +0000 http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/windows-user-do-you-wubi/#comment-1987 i have also installed ubuntu (8.04) on to my D drive using wubi. but the "uninstall-ubuntu" icon in the ubuntu folder does not work. thankfully your post has saved me from removing this folder from my D drive.i was also wondering have you tried removing the files: 1) wubildr 2)wubiblr.mbr these were found in the D drive.i also have an error message when i try to boot up ubuntu that ends with the line (initramfs) i have only had the error since i downloaded a driver for the improved graphics. once i did this ubuntu loading bar still appeared but after that the screen was blank. i can either get the blanck screen of the (initramfs) errori have tryied downloading a new wubi loader and also tried running it from the ubuntu folder. anyone have a sloution to either get ubuntu back up and running or remove it from my system? wish i had just partitiond my hard disk least to remove you can run fixboot and fixmbr i suggest you DO NOT use wubi thank you for your time i have also installed ubuntu (8.04) on to my D drive using wubi. but the
“uninstall-ubuntu” icon in the ubuntu folder does not work. thankfully your post has saved me from removing this folder from my D drive.

i was also wondering have you tried removing the files:
1) wubildr
2)wubiblr.mbr
these were found in the D drive.

i also have an error message when i try to boot up ubuntu that ends with the line
(initramfs)
i have only had the error since i downloaded a driver for the improved graphics. once i did this ubuntu loading bar still appeared but after that the screen was blank.
i can either get the blanck screen of the (initramfs) error

i have tryied downloading a new wubi loader and also tried running it from the ubuntu folder.
anyone have a sloution to either get ubuntu back up and running or remove it from my system?
wish i had just partitiond my hard disk least to remove you can run fixboot and fixmbr i suggest you DO NOT use wubi
thank you for your time

]]> By: UbuntuLinuxHelphttp://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/windows-user-do-you-wubi/comment-page-1/#comment-411 UbuntuLinuxHelp Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:05:50 +0000 http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/windows-user-do-you-wubi/#comment-411 @yochai - Thanks! We appreciate the update with links too. (I've already fired them off to a couple people this morning). As I mentioned in the post, great package you have there! :) Cheers! @yochai – Thanks! We appreciate the update with links too. (I’ve already fired them off to a couple people this morning). As I mentioned in the post, great package you have there! :)
Cheers!

]]> By: yochaihttp://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/windows-user-do-you-wubi/comment-page-1/#comment-404 yochai Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:45:55 +0000 http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/windows-user-do-you-wubi/#comment-404 One thing I should mention: There is a 7.10 and 8.04 version available - essentially the same deal though. http://wubi-installer.org/devel/minefield/https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuideThanks for the plug, by the way! One thing I should mention:
There is a 7.10 and 8.04 version available – essentially the same deal though.
http://wubi-installer.org/deve.....minefield/

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide

Thanks for the plug, by the way!

]]> By: Wong HWhttp://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/windows-user-do-you-wubi/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Wong HW Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:43:29 +0000 http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/windows-user-do-you-wubi/#comment-393 It -is- still in beta. However, it's a very polished product given it's beta status, but there are reports that it won't run at all on certain systems, and I'm not sure if it runs on Vista completely. It -is- still in beta. However, it’s a very polished product given it’s beta status, but there are reports that it won’t run at all on certain systems, and I’m not sure if it runs on Vista completely.

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