[ubuntu-us-ma] Oneiric Release

[Pete Jalajas]

Hi James,
Thanks for the info.  I thought Wubi "runs" under Windows, like a VM,
but apparently it "installs" under Windows--I rebooted and it kinda
scared the heck out of me as it booted in Ubuntu ("oh, shoot, did I
just blow away my Win7?!").  Luckily, I recently had to learn about
the "hold the Shift key down during boot", so I rebooted, held the
Shift key down, and it offered me to boot into Windows or Ubuntu.
All is good.
Thanks again for the help, James.
Pete

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 7:59 AM,  <ubuntu-us-ma-request at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:27:16 -0400
> From: James Gray
> To: Ubuntu Massachusetts Local Community Team
>        <ubuntu-us-ma at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-ma] Oneiric Release
> Pete - Wubi uses a nested file system, but is *NOT* a VM.  It runs
> right on the metal.  The advantage is not having to resize your
> windows partition (like with a regular install) in order to install
> and still having full speed and all of your RAM available (with VMs
> you need to fit both operating systems in the same RAM you would
> normally have for a single OS).