[ubuntu-za] Questions about moving from Windows to Ubuntu (was: LSD Site Enquiry)

[Raoul Snyman]

On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:52:48 +0200, Marius Kruger <amanic at gmail.com>
wrote:
> It is possible to dualboot without repartitioning.
> If you stick a ubuntu install cd into a running windows,
> it should give you the option to install linux into a file on the window
> partition (using a thing called wubi). At boot time you will
> then have the option to either boot windows or ubuntu.

Might I suggest you DON'T do this. WUBI is incredibly unstable, with
things like a kernel update breaking GRUB (so that you can't boot into
Ubuntu). My dad (amongst numerous others) installed Ubuntu this way, and
eventually just wiped Ubuntu off because, "it didn't work."

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