Wubi installer vs live CD

[Nils Kassube]

Tim Frost wrote:
> - wubi lets you run windows and fire up Ubuntu as a windows app
> - installation from a CD means you have to reboot every time you want
> to switch OS

Not exactly (unless things have changed recently). With Wubi you install 
Ubuntu on the Windows partition and you start it via the Windows boot 
loader. However it is not run as a Windows application, it is merely 
another way of a dual boot system (Windows boot loader instead of GRUB). 
IMHO there is only one problem with Wubi. The Ubuntu installation is on 
a virtual partition, i.e. a big file on your Windows partition. If you 
mess up your Windows partition (e.g. due to a virus) and you reinstall 
Windows, you automatically loose your entire Ubuntu installation.


Nils