[ubuntu-uk] Using Wubi on a dual partition machine

[Jacob Mansfield]

the whole reason I used wubi in the first place is because I am installing
on a netbook with no CD/DVD drive and no ability to boot from usb

On 13 September 2010 20:09, Daniel Case <danielcase10 at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Jacob,
>
> Just install Ubuntu to a separate partition and it will wipe out the
> Windows bootloader and replace it with GRUB. You can then boot both Windows
> and Linux from there :)
>
> Daniel
>
>
> On 13 September 2010 10:01, Jacob Mansfield <cyberjacob at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> how do you get rid of the windows bootloader, I used wibi but want to
>> fully switch over to ubuntu now
>>
>> On 12 September 2010 22:51, Daniel Case <danielcase10 at googlemail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> On 12 September 2010 21:50, Glen Mehn <glen.mehn at oba.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Will work just fine.
>>>
>>>
>>> If you install via wubi Windows keeps the bootloader, Windows is pretty
>>> aware of what is Windows and what is a recovery partition. If you were to
>>> dual-boot using the GRUB bootloader however it could cause issues, which is
>>> where problems start arising because of a Windows recov parition. However
>>> installing via wubi will be fine :)
>>>
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