Thread: Wubi

Reading this thread I was tempted to install Ubuntu....
But something is stoping me....
What if something goes wrong......

Originally Posted by jee.ramesh1983

Reading this thread I was tempted to install Ubuntu....
But something is stoping me....
What if something goes wrong......

Then you can say good bye to your other OS.
BTW. I think Ubuntu is the best Linux distribution there is. Its worth all the trouble.

Dont worry i'll post the details and i can gaurantee nothing will happen to your "other OS"
You have to just take a few precautions

Whenever i wanted to uninstall any 1 os form multiple, i used those commands fixmbr, etc and that worked for me.
Yes something may go wrong sometimes, but that happens with windows as well, bbut with a bit of search u will get instant solutions. Install Ubuntu to avoid further headaches in this order, XP + Ubuntu or XP + Vista + Ubuntu. I have installed Xp in primary partition(fat32) and later installed others and all worked perfect with triple boot conf.
Before I tried Primary Xp to ntfs and later tried installing vista and ubuntu and boot got corrupted and i was getting os not found. So, as i have seen atleast xp on primary has to be fat32.

Originally Posted by vishnus89

I Googles for a solution to Uninstall Ubuntu and found out about fixmbr method. I tried it out and it damaged my Xp installation. And ended up reinstalling it. I lost lot of important files that I stored in My Documents because of that.

Whenever something goes wrong either in Windows or Ubuntu, the first thing one should do is NOT to panic. If you wouldn't have done reinstallation, it would be easy to back up those files even with the corrupted windows!!!. Yes, it's possible. If you have Ubuntu Live CD, boot with it, it would show all windows partitions on the desktop, insert your flash/USB drive, and copy the data before reinstalling windows.

Hope this would help you in the future.

After installing Ubuntu....Can I unistall it.....Hope it dosent require any formatting.....

Yes, it is possible, if you've installed in an NTFS partition using wubi. It is the beauty of Ubuntu,

Originally Posted by gurusam

Smoothvibes did you find anything about my problem???

yes i found something for that, will just update that in a few mins bro

Originally Posted by gurusam

Smoothvibes Seems to be quite busy,have not seen him from the last two days....

ya i was busy from last 2 days but don't worry smoothvibes is back with here

Originally Posted by admin

He is normally online during the night.. I saw him online all night even today.

yes please i stay here and keep walking in threads and topics to catch spammers and all stupids

I have created a new thread with a guide for ubuntu installation

http://www.indiabroadband.net/linux/...step-step.html (Ubuntu Install Guide (Step by Step))

Hey Vishnu,

do u remember when u started to install ubuntu via wubi 2 weeks back u got an error like this during boot time...

Code:

BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-5ubuntu7) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter ‘help’ for a list of built-in commands.

initramfs: _

I got this error today... and I resolved it by error checking of c: which u can access from properties of c: under the tools tab...
it does it while rebooting... and then we have to reboot windows again... after that I rebooted in ubuntu... and it worked...
But I guess... its too late for u...

No RJ. The reason you got that error must be because the system didn't shut down right. I tried everything I can (including error check). But nothing worked. It's not late, keep shooting your ideas. One of them might help me.

Ubuntu 8.04 is still a mystery for me.

U mean u still have that installation? :lol:

Yeah... I got that error cuz windows wasn't properly shut down... but it can happen due to improper removal of a removable device also... did u reboot again in windows after error check and before rebooting in Ubuntu?

Yeah! I did.
I couldn't install Ubuntu 8.04 because of the error.
I am waiting for 8.10 stable to make its entrance. :glare:

hmmm... I'm also facing a major prob in connecting to internet from ubuntu 8.04...

Originally Posted by itsmemad

hmmm... I'm also facing a major prob in connecting to internet from ubuntu 8.04...

You mean it's not solved yet. :lol:

It gets solved... work for few days... then again it starts failing to connect...
I'm fed-up now... Have already fried my brain 4-5 times and successfully connected... but today its refusing to connect again...Therez no permanent solution or wot...

ur using bridge mode or pppoe??

i saw ur screenshot in another thread....dont run pon every time u login..it'l be automatically called unless u poff it...after booting up...wait for sometime and then browse..

Its bridged...

ok.. I'll try that in next restart...

hmm..even i use bridge mode...dont run pon every time u login...run only once after running pppoeconf...

Originally Posted by itsmemad

It gets solved... work for few days... then again it starts failing to connect...
I'm fed-up now... Have already fried my brain 4-5 times and successfully connected... but today its refusing to connect again...Therez no permanent solution or wot...

Sorry to hear that. For your information, I've been running Ubuntu 8.04 (clean install) for the past several weeks since my windows based laptop died. 99% of the time, my clients contact me through internet. So if there is no reliability with Ubuntu, I wouldn't be making my bread and butter for the past couple of months. So something went wrong somewhere. Explain your configuration and other things so that one of us might help you. May be you should try clean install!

@ mahehellraiser

but now...since ppoeconf isn't able to find any connection on my wi-fi... I don't know whether it will connect... may be a restart can solve it... I'll try again tonight...

@ pothi

I've Acer Aspire 5920 Lappy... Which uses WLAN1, 4, 5: 3945ABG (dual-band tri-mode 802.11a/b/g) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED network connection, supporting Acer SignalUp wireless technology based wi-fi adapter... I don't use LAN adapter... R u using it on LAN or Wi-fi?
Apart from that my wi-fi is using WPA security.... I've tried it manually from Networks also... sometimes it works from there too... sometimes it works from pppoeconf... but right now... its not working from anywhere... I installed a package called "wi-fi radar" few days back... which shows that laptop is connected to my modem through wi-fi... don't know y its not dialing....

I'll do a clean install of ubuntu once 8.10 releases...

wokay...

Hey guys... patience did the trick... As suggested by mahehellraiser I waited for sometime... And it automatically connected...
Right now I'm posting from ubuntu... Everything ...

Glad to hear that itsmemad. Cheers...............

coool...let us rock with ubuntu..