Wubi megathread

[dieter-erich]

Thanks bcbs and drs305! I used the GUI way of drs305, which also allowed me to remove some other trash. Worked perfecty! All the issues solved! Thanks very much again! D-E

[bcbc]

Thanks bcbs and drs305! I used the GUI way of drs305, which also allowed me to remove some other trash. Worked perfecty! All the issues solved! Thanks very much again! D-E

Cool.
Yes, thanks drs305 - that sounds much more convenient.

[drs305]

I still prefer doing most things in a terminal but Ubuntu Tweak makes getting rid of kernels almost idiot-proof and it's hard to say that about anything!

[Steve Moss]

Hi

I have a clean install of Windows XP

I am trying to install Ubuntu 10.10 within Windows

I have tried installing from wubi

On boot up I get the option which OS to use

The windows option works fine

However when I take Ubuntu option I get a message that it could not find ISO/ubuntu/install/installation

I have tried pressing "e" and replacing the "quiet splash" with "nomodeset"

I have run chkdsk/r

Still no luck

My apologies if this problem has ben solved elsewhere in the forums but I have spent some time checking threads and cannot find a solution

I have also tried booting from live CD and installing

However I only get 2 options...Erase and use entire disc and specify partition manually. I dont have the third option that tutorials say I should have ....install alongside other operating system

I have also tried installing 10.4 from live CD and again only get the two options as with 10.10 above

I can get both 10.4 and 10.10 to run if I take the "Try Ubuntu without making changes to your computer"

Hope you can help. I have been trying for over a week now to get this installed

PS I am including the boot_info script results

Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/mapper/nvidia_dacfdfjj

nvidia_dacfdfjj1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system:
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''

=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: nvidia_dacfdfjj ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/mapper/nvidia_dacfdfjj: 600.1 GB, 600138055680 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 72962 cylinders, total 1172144640 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/mapper/nvidia_dacfdfjj1 63 586,067,264 586,067,202 7 HPFS/NTFS


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/mapper/nvidia_dacfdfjj: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda nvidia_raid_member
/dev/sdb nvidia_raid_member

=============================== "ls -R /dev/mapper/" output: ===============================
/dev/mapper:
control
nvidia_dacfdfjj
nvidia_dacfdfjj1

============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================

Device Mount_Point Type Options

aufs / aufs (rw)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sr0 /media/apt iso9660 (ro)

[bcbc]

@Steve Moss, it looks like bootinfoscript is unable to mount your ntfs partition under the nvidia raid. So that's like why the install is failing. I'm not sure what you can do about this.

Mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''

Have a read of this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FakeRaidHowto and see if there's anything in there that makes sense.
But it may simply be that your raid setup is not supported.

[Rubi1200]

Steve Moss,
definitely read the link bcbc posted.

You could also try a regular install using the Alternate CD (also available on the regular download page for Ubuntu).

I recommend you go for a 10.04 install, not only because of the long term support, but also because the 10.10 installer has been known to wipe out Windows installs.

[a1adarsh]

hi...
im using wubi 10.04.1, got tat loadfont error recently, created live usb and followed MENTIONED code to edit grub.cfg
but the problem is
"my grub.cfg is empty and can't even find tat ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_lupin ### "
so i wrote "### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_lupin ###" and saved it instead, but lol no use my ubutu doesn't load......help me !!!!!!!!!

[bcbc]

hi...
im using wubi 10.04.1, got tat loadfont error recently, created live usb and followed MENTIONED code to edit grub.cfg
but the problem is
"my grub.cfg is empty and can't even find tat ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_lupin ### "
so i wrote "### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_lupin ###" and saved it instead, but lol no use my ubutu doesn't load......help me !!!!!!!!!

if it's empty... most likely you entered the command wrong and you just created a new grub.cfg somewhere else. Make sure you've loop mounted the root.disk and you're entered the correct path.

[a1adarsh]

how to loop mount the root.disk
i opened terminal frm liveusb and entered
"gksu gedit /boot/grub/grub.cfg"

tats all and grub.cfg window appeared, which is empty

[Rubi1200]

how to loop mount the root.disk
i opened terminal frm liveusb and entered
"gksu gedit /boot/grub/grub.cfg"

tats all and grub.cfg window appeared, which is empty

It would help us if you could please do the following:

Boot the Ubuntu Live CD/USB. Choose the option "Try Ubuntu without any changes." Once the desktop loads come back here and do the following:

1. Download the boot info script. There is a link in my signature.
2. Once downloaded, move the boot info script to the desktop.
3. Open a terminal and run the command

sudo bash ~/Desktop/boot_info_script*.sh

This will create a RESULTS.txt file on the desktop. Paste the entire contents of that file back here in a new post. Once pasted highlight all text and click the # sign on the toolbar to place code tags around the text.