Wubi

[bcbc bcbc]

There is also some logic in Ubiquity that will copy Wubi.exe to the Windows
startup folder, when it finds 4 primary partitions already in use on an MBR
formatted disk. It asks "Install Ubuntu inside Windows?" as the first
option. e.g. http://askubuntu.com/q/536075/14916
When this happens, Wubi will run automatically the next time Windows starts
- in standalone mode - which means it will download the whole ISO and try
to install.

So it is *inaccurate* to say that Wubi is serving only as a "greeter" in
Windows. It is broken and needs to be fixed or removed.

Here is the Ubiquity code in case you're interested:
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-installer/ubiquity/trunk/view/head:/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-partman.py#L2333
If you'll notice, the logic depends on whether Wubi.exe has been shipped on
the ISO or not. Remove Wubi and the logic is disabled.

Also I find it a bit rich for you to say "...if one wants to brick their
windows". Remember that Wubi.exe is signed and certified by Canonical. They
probably won't find it amusing that the team in charge of Wubi are making
comments like that. One would hope.

On that subject (on being in charge of Wubi), you do realise that there are
in fact patches supplied to fix Wubi? So if you wanted to you could just
promote them. For example:
https://code.launchpad.net/~hakuna-matata/wubi/upstart (merge requested in
May)
https://code.launchpad.net/~hakuna-matata/wubi/UEFI
https://code.launchpad.net/~hakuna-matata/wubi/lp1385930
https://code.launchpad.net/~hakuna-matata/wubi/lp1317437

If you need help with these I'm pretty sure hakuna-matata would be happy to
assist.

Regards,
bcbc

*On 21 August 2015 at 13:53, Dimitri John Ledkov <xnox at ubuntu.com
<http://ubuntu.com>> wrote:
*

*>On 21 August 2015 at 13:53, Alan Pope <alan.pope at canonical.com
<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss>>
wrote:
*>>* On 21 August 2015 at 13:45, Michael Hall <mhall119 at ubuntu.com
<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss>>
wrote:
*>>>* Modern Windows releases broke Wubi, so we stopped shipping and
*>>>* supporting it a while back. As far as I know it's a dead-end now.
*>>>>>>>* We didn't stop shipping it. I just downloaded the 15.04 desktop iso.
*>>*>but it's only used in greeter mode on windows which shows a GUI >window
>and offers one to reboot.

>launching wubi.exe off the cd doesn't start "wubi installer".

>if one moves the wubi.exe off the disk however, it still shows the
>"installer" mode if one wants to brick their windows....

>Regards,

>Dimitri.*
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