Comments on: Install ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) on windows

By: m s

m s — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:00:10 +0000

i successfully installed ubuntu 8.10 in windows vista ultimate . But when i do a reboot, the OS selection screen was missing. My system booted automatically to windows vista so what you suggest and what is wrong ? PLZ email me ASAP as i get frustrated from repeated instalations in different ways !

By: baig

baig — Tue, 05 May 2009 07:23:49 +0000

i successfully installed ubuntu 8.10 in windows 7. But when i did a reboot, the OS selection screen was missing. My system booted automatically to windows 7.please help?

By: Rajesh

Rajesh — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:28:04 +0000

@rakesh,

If you have enough free space in C or D then you wouldn’t loose data. Ubuntu 8.10 will only make use unused space to install itself.

By: rakesh

rakesh — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:56:31 +0000

hi,
plz help me my PC has C and D two drives each of 40 Gb total 80Gb
in C i have windows xp and in D i have Vista
i need to load ubuntu 8.10 so if i load in any of the drives i loose data right [:(] what is the solution of installing the Ubuntu 8.10 without formatting or loosing data?

By: Rajesh

Rajesh — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:31:08 +0000

The tutorial is for installing ubuntu in Windows environment. But if you had used Wubi, uninstallation is very easy and you can re-install again.

By: kalahari

kalahari — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:17:29 +0000

I used wubi to install ubuntu on my empty hard disk(298GB). Now I want to increase to used size to contain my whole hard disk not only 10% of it. Can you help me? (I’m new too)

By: Waqas

Waqas — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:07:54 +0000

Nice review brother but i want to ask that i want to install only Linux ubuntu 8.10 not in the windows

Report me if you can

Thanks in advance

Regards

Muhammad Waqas

By: Rajesh

Rajesh — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:36:08 +0000

I haven’t really compared dual boot over the technique of installing ubuntu in windows, as explained above. But I will say that the above technique was not at all bad, in terms of performance.

By: Colin Law

Colin Law — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:17:24 +0000

Hi, Thanks for the excellent guide. I have the choice of installing as you have described or I could use a conventional dual boot with Ubuntu in a clean 10MByte partition that is available. Will Ubuntu run quicker if it has a ‘real’ disk rather than one emulated via a folder on XP? Are there any other pro/cons one way or the other?

By: Rajesh

Rajesh — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:03:46 +0000

This article was on installing Ubuntu on windows…

By: podlec

podlec — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:28:15 +0000

But what if I try to install ubuntu on a non-windows partition? I tried it and ended up with ubuntu not booting or even not selectable from the vista’s boot loader.

By: N.O.R.B.

N.O.R.B. — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:10:15 +0000

This is a great step foward from (and for) the Ubuntu Community!!!

By: remowill

remowill — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:39:40 +0000

It sounds so good, I think I’ll try it.

By: maryclarePINAY

maryclarePINAY — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:42:03 +0000

hi, need help… please…

have 80gig capacity, with 4 partitions
C, D, E, F…

C is where Windows XP Pro is installed..
i tried to install ubuntu (intrepid) to F (9gig free space) , using power iso, no cd, just within windows.. (cd driver is kinda busted)..

but when i already booted ubuntu, the orange bar freezes. it bounces off from side to side a couple of times, but after that, it just freezes..

i also tried hardy heron .. (was that the name?), still the same..

please help ubuntu experts..
please email me at mcadelcastillo@gmail.com

thanks a million

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By: xtian

xtian — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:06:41 +0000

Original Settings
windows xp sp2
with:
Drive C: – windows XP os directory +some files
Drive D: – files like mp3, avi and etc…

and now after installing Ubuntu…
Drive C: – windows XP os directory +some files
Drive D: – files + “UBUNTU install directory”

booting up windows XP sp2
Drive C: – OK
Drive D: – all files intact +Ubuntu folder(install)

booting up Ubuntu OS
Drive C: – seems no problem accessing it
Drive D: – here’s the problem, i can’t see/accessed any files that belong to the previous drive D:, i only the the ubuntu installation on that drive.

By: JC de Wekker

JC de Wekker — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:21:45 +0000

Yes, Found them, so sorry to bother you 8(

You see I’m new with Linux

Thank you very much for your help!!!!

By: admin

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:44:21 +0000

what you cannot see and where?

This tutorial is on installation of ubuntu on windows.

if you are trying to access windows files then you can do so via the Windows partitions available within the directories /host and /media.

Check out my other article(linked in this post) for using Wubi installer.

By: JC de Wekker

JC de Wekker — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:23:38 +0000

Hello there,

The Same thing happened to me I installed Ubuntu on my Media HD but now I can not see them 8(, I can see them in Vista Thou, so I guess is a matter of turning something on or off, but I don’t know were to look.

Thanks in Advance for your help

By: admin

admin — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:05:16 +0000

You should be able to access them. Are you using XP or vista? Are you able to see all the files in that drive? What happens when you try to open those files?

If you have enough disk space, you should be getting any problem.