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22 out of 23 people found this review helpful
2 stars
Version: Wubi 7.04 beta
"Failed to install"
Pros: Title says it all -- the installation failed. It's a fabulous idea -- installing Linux on a virtual drive, so you don't have to partition. I'll try again when it comes out of Beta. There are two reasons why I gave it 2 stars instead of one: 1) it unistalled completely and cleanly, from the program directory in Windows; and 2) it gave me the most amusing failure notice I've seen in years: "Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!" That has SO much more "pop" than "Fatal system error" and the Blue Screen of Death.
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The version provided by download.com is an old one. Get the latest version from wubi-installer.org, it's much smoother. Not sure how to make download.com update their link.
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I can't revise the original post, so I'll add this here. I got the installer to work -- by lowering the default size of the virtual files (from 10/10/1 gb to 4/4/1 gb). I have no idea why this worked -- there's plenty of space on my hard drive. I have a 3-year-old HP pc (a320n, XP, 512k RAM).
I now have Ubuntu Linux operating on my computer, which makes me very happy -- I'm writing this from the Mozilla browser in Ubuntu. It has full access to the main hard drive, so I won't have to store doc's or pic's on the virtual drive. I've got what I need to try out this particular flavor of Linux, and that's all I need or want at this time.
If I could, I would change the rating of the Wubi installer from 2 stars to 4. It would get 5 if it had installed at the default settings.
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Running Windows XP Professional just became my fav until I buy the new MacBook Pro next month.
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Hello
So, is it that perhaps I can take it for granted that you did not find the above application useful? This is good to hear as I was thinking of installing it onto my system; I thought it could be a good way to achieve knowledge of a linux OS without ******* up any other OS currently installed, seems not. Would you like to tell me more of your experience.
Thunderbird5.
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