Trying to DUMP Windows.... But

[NoOp]

On 03/26/2009 04:02 PM, Derek Broughton wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
> 
>>> I suggest you play with a virtual machine install of linux (any distro)
>>> or try as LIveCD or LIveDVD version of a distro before going much
>>> farther.  There is a learning curve here and it's best if you go in
>>> knowing that and being patient.
>> 
>> Or, install as a Windows program using Wubi:
> 
> That's really not true.  It installs _via_ a windows program, into a
> loopback filesystem in an NTFS file, but when you boot you're booting a
> full Linux system without any hint of Windows (from the Windows boot
> manager).

Yes, I don't disagree that it uses a loopback file[1], however for all
intents and purposes from a _Windows_ point of view it is installed as a
Windows program.

http://wubi-installer.org/faq.php
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How does Wubi work?

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.

How do I uninstall it?

You uninstall it as any other applications. In Windows go to the control
panel and select "Add or Remove Programs", then select Wubi/Ubuntu and
uninstall it. You can also use the uninstaller that you find in the
installation folder.

[1]
Show me the code

The main development happens in 4 separate launchpad projects:

* Lupin, the loop-installer, used to be the core of the insaller, but
now most of the old functionality has been ported within Ubuntu
* Wubi, the Windows front-end, handles everything that happens before
you reboot
* Lubi, the Linux front-end, does basically the same thing as Wubi
* LVPM, Loopmounted Virtual Partition Manager, handles the migration of
virtual disks to real partitions for Wubi 7.04 and 7.10
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Can't say how it well works with Vista, but I've tested Wubi with
WinXPPro and it worked great. That said, I much prefer using VirtualBox
if you have original Win CD's. I've only installed Win2KPro on
VirtualBox as the WinXPPro systems/drives that I have have OEM/network
installs on them (all legal of course), but my original Win2K CD's
(desktop and server) installed in VirtualBox with no issues at all. I
don't know if you'd run into WinXP guarentee check issues if you have
installed both to a hard drive and to a VM.