Re: Wubi megathread
Originally Posted by
bcbc
Initial ram disk:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initrd
I don't know how it would be corrupted... but it does happen. There's no problem with the space side of things. I suppose there might be fragmentation of the root.disk itself from Windows.
In general, wubi is good to try out Ubuntu, but once you're tried it out and want to keep it, it's better to install it direct. I think I mentioned already in another thread you posted in, but you can
migrate the wubi or backup/reinstall manually.
When I migrate the Wubi as per the instructions on that thread do I use this code as my Ubuntu Wubi install may be on sda5? I've downloaded the file
sudo bash wubi-move-2.0.sh /dev/sda5
What is the other indication mean on your screenshots in that page?
bcbc@ubuntu:~/downloads$ ls
other wubi-move-2.0.sh wubi-move-2.0.sh.gz
I suspect you are extracting the file with the above command. I could be wrong. Please tell me if I am and what the above string means. It would seem that second line might be generated by the Terminal after you entered the first line.
I see in your set of screenshots you also use the command
sudo fdisk -1(?). I'm not sure if that character is a 1 or an L.
I also saw this command on your screenshot.
sudo bash wubi-move-2.0.sh/dev/sda5 dev/sda6
Why is the wubi-move program name placed next to one of the partitions and then another partition, sda6 comes after it.?
If I have a partition on the main drive ready for the Ubuntu migration how do I know which one it is and what kind of syntax do I use to make sure the migration from Wubi goes to that partition?
I do hate sounding a little nit picky or like a serious noob but I'm not even certain if I'm correct that sda5 means a partition or drive indication. The rest seems pretty straightforward with the prompts.
Oh, yes. One more thing I must look up. The term "Swap".
Thank you in advance for your patience and help here.
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