shahrukhmalik3.142

Jul 29 2007, 12:52 PM

I tried to try it ( ) but having a slow dial up connection ordered the original CD instead. From http://www.ubuntu.com
Its free. I got delivered 27 CDs and distributed to all my friends.
The new version 7.04 rocks.

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truefusion

Aug 15 2007, 01:41 PM

QUOTE(ameir @ Aug 15 2007, 06:45 AM)

Does Wubi treat Ubuntu like a virtual machine or does it actually boot independent of another OS?

It is possible to boot into Ubuntu through the Windows boot loader. You can do this manually yourself without the help of some kind of automatic installer. I saw a tutorial on how to do so, i think, in UbuntuGuide.org. It's useful information, but i'm okay with GRUB or LILO, whichever gets installed by the Distro i'd install. I guess the convenience for this is if you want to remove Linux but not have to go through booting up the Windows CD to restore the MBR. But you would have to manually remove the Ubuntu entry from Windows boot loader, i suppose.

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safe.as.haz

Jan 19 2008, 09:47 PM

AWESOME if it works on my external hard drive. thats what im talking about!

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