Run ubuntu under windows vista

[John Heinen]

Andrew Farris wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-09-19 at 11:22 -0500, John/Pat Heinen wrote:
>   
>> I have wubi-ubuntu installed within windows vista, I don't see it on the 
>> control panel but it is visible on explore "ubuntu" 134 mb.How do I get 
>> this ubuntu started?
>>     
>
> when you reboot, the windows boot menu will come up with the option of
> booting into Windows, or Ubuntu. This is when you should choose to start
> Ubuntu.  
>
> Also note that if you have not yet booted into Ubuntu, you may need to
> have the CD in the drive yet the first time you boot, so the wubi
> installer can finish it's work.
>
> Also, wubi-installed Ubuntu doesn't run in a virtual machine or
> anything, its basically a full install running in a virtual disk (which
> is really just a plain file on your hard drive, that's pretending to be
> a hard-drive itself). This allows you to get near the native install
> performance, direct hardware access, etc. that are all good for Ubuntu,
> while also allowing you the option of not messing with your partitions,
> or buying a new drive to put Ubuntu on. This also means, though, that
> you cant run ubuntu from within windows...you instead choose which one
> you want from the boot menu. hence my instructions above.
>
> Hope that helps!
>
>   
That's what I was trying to avoid, changing the grub menu, I allready
have windows and opensuse on it, so I was under the impresion that I
could start wuby, like, e.g. open office, nero expres etc.
Thanks Colin and Andrew. John.