Re: HOWTO: migrate wubi install to partition
hi, bcbc.... this is very helpful tutorial... i used it a while ago to migrate and everything went just fine...but since i am rally a newbie to linux...i messed up with that installation and had to remove everything and install windows then again ubuntu via wubi...but now the problem is i am not able to do the migration with th above method...every time i try an error pops up..saying something like error in home/user/.morzila something....could u shed some light onto this..please.....u c after i reinstalled ubuntu i ve literally fallen in love with it :D....
thanks
hush
Re: HOWTO: migrate wubi install to partition
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geekhush
hi, bcbc.... this is very helpful tutorial... i used it a while ago to migrate and everything went just fine...but since i am rally a newbie to linux...i messed up with that installation and had to remove everything and install windows then again ubuntu via wubi...but now the problem is i am not able to do the migration with th above method...every time i try an error pops up..saying something like error in home/user/.morzila something....could u shed some light onto this..please.....u c after i reinstalled ubuntu i ve literally fallen in love with it :D....
thanks
hush
I'm curious as to why you needed to use Wubi a second time? If it was a new install you could just setup a normal dual boot.
In terms of the error you are getting, it's not something I've run across before. There are some folders that are explicitly excluded because they fail the rsync copy (e.g. .gvfs folders) but I've never seen a case involving the .mozilla settings. It might be related to a plugin I suppose. If you could please post the exact error text then I'll investigate it further and see if it warrants a workaround.
There's a new version of the script being released soon because of changes in Oneiric 11.10, so if you get that exception text to me soon I'll try and incorporate a fix in that.
Thanks for the feedback.
Re: HOWTO: migrate wubi install to partition
hi, bcbc thanks a lot for ua time...ok first of all let me help help u with ua curosity, ok i installed ubuntu via wibi (coz i recently burnet off my dvd drive :P) for the first time and i liked it very much, then this problem, bug actually which was touchering half of the world, the blank screen problem occurred to me too..and at that time i did not know about ya awesome megathread..i posted the problem on the forums but i couldnt quite get a fix...so i though if i migrate to a native install my problem might be solved, so i decided to experiment it...but alas t didnot work..then i had to format everything..including windws and did a new installation...then i installed ubuntu all over again :) and fyi i found the migration tutorial of urs through google :)
now the problem ;) ok when i tried, actually a dozen times to do the migration this problem pops up.Heres the full error message
wubi-move-2.0.sh: Copying files - please be patient - this takes some time
rsync: read errors mapping "/home/hush/.mozilla/firefox/dtbf3hfr.default/urlclassifier3.sqlite": Input/output error (5)
rsync: read errors mapping "/home/hush/.mozilla/firefox/dtbf3hfr.default/urlclassifier3.sqlite": Input/output error (5)
ERROR: home/hush/.mozilla/firefox/dtbf3hfr.default/urlclassifier3.sqlite failed verification -- update discarded.
hope this time i get a nice fix and it proves to be a solid blow on the face of the loser,the bug ;) thanks anyways :) :)
Re: HOWTO: migrate wubi install to partition
geekhush,
It appears that there is some firefox sqlite corruption. Refer to the Firefox optimization and troubleshooting thread which, from post #3 to #7 talk about mysql corruption.
In post #1 there is this link which might help: http://www.webgapps.org/tutorials/fi...upted-profiles
If you are unsure, post in that thread and then lovinglinux might be able to shed more light on this issue.
Re: HOWTO: migrate wubi install to partition
hi, bcbc..thanks a lot...the problem i fixed.. i just used a command to delete the morzila profile..and created a new one ond it worked just fine...and i just migrated to a native partition :)
regards
hush
Re: HOWTO: migrate wubi install to partition
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Originally Posted by
geekhush
hi, bcbc..thanks a lot...the problem i fixed.. i just used a command to delete the morzila profile..and created a new one ond it worked just fine...and i just migrated to a native partition :)
regards
hush
Great! That's good to hear!
Re: HOWTO: migrate wubi install to partition
Hi bcbc,
First of all, thanks for the howto. I must say, though, that I have a problem at the very beginning, when I try to make the partitions. If I run Gparted from my wubi installation, I can see the space used and unused by the windows partition. However, when I run ubuntu from a USB stick and start Gparted, I only see the total space of the Windows partition, but not the used space nor the remaining one, and there is an error icon beside this partition. I have the option of rezising, but it won't change when I try to settle a new value. What could be the problem? If you think this needs a new thread, just tell me and I will open a new one.
Thanks in advance.
P.S.: I forgot to say this is for Ubuntu 10.04.
Re: HOWTO: migrate wubi install to partition
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raza123
I think its a very useful tutorial and very helpful for us.
Great! :)
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ViewtifulM
Hi bcbc,
First of all, thanks for the howto. I must say, though, that I have a problem at the very beginning, when I try to make the partitions. If I run Gparted from my wubi installation, I can see the space used and unused by the windows partition. However, when I run ubuntu from a USB stick and start Gparted, I only see the total space of the Windows partition, but not the used space nor the remaining one, and there is an error icon besides this partition. I have the option of rezising, but it won't change when I try to settle a new value. What could be the problem? If you think this needs a new thread, just tell me and I will open a new one.
Thanks in advance.
P.S.: I forgot to say this is for Ubuntu 10.04.
When you click on that error icon does it give you any information as to what it thinks is the problem? You might want to run chkdsk from windows to ensure that the partition is clean before trying again to resize it from the live USB.
If it's windows vista/7 you can resize it from within Windows (just make sure it doesn't switch you to dynamic drives on win7).
PS before running chkdsk, back up important data on your wubi install. This link shows how to run chkdsk from within windows http://ubuntu-with-wubi.blogspot.com...-rootdisk.html (just refer to the section titled 'Running chksdk' as the rest of that post is to do with missing root.disk files)