[CoLoCo] Your Thoughts on Wubi

[Jim Hutchinson]

I thought wubi wrote to a file that was like a virtual drive ON the
NTFS drive rather than creating a new partition.

On 10/3/07, David Overcash <funnylookinhat at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just to clarify:
> WUBI installs Ubuntu just like the LiveCD or Alternate CD would...  it
> resizes an NTFS partition and writes all of the data to a new partition that
> can be removed via the Add/Remove programs manager in windows.
>
> The Buffalo wireless might be supported, just not immediately out of the
> box...
>
> Check out this page to see if you have the correct model number and follow
> the instructions it gives:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsBuffalo
>
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
>
> On 10/3/07, Andrew < keen101 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I've never tried wubi personally, but I have briefly heard it mentioned
> before.
> >
> > Basically my take on it is that it is one step further than a Live-CD. An
> Ubuntu system that you can try and mess around with, before you take the big
> plunge.
> >
> > My suggestions are as follows:
> >
> > 1. I reccomend Eventually (if you feel comfortable doing so) installing
> Ubuntu on a partition.
> > Maybe not right away, unless your up to it.
> >
> > 2. The Buffalo AirStation Wireless-G 125 USB may not be Linux compatible
> (I don't know for sure), so do some research, and if you have to then buy
> one that IS Linux compatible. Sometimes you can use Ndiswrapper (or whatever
> it is called) to get some windows drivers installed.
> >
> >
> > Thats mainly all the suggestions I can give at the moment. (Anyone else
> have good advice for Michael?)
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
> > -Andrew
> >
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