drfredc
March 2nd, 2010, 07:44 AM
Wubi doesn't seem to run on Win ME? I downloaded wubi and click to run, the hour glass spins for ten seconds then nothing happens. Windows task manager shows nothing related to wubi running.
Situation : I want to install a dual boot UBUNTU system on an older laptop whose CD is broken, floppy works, it's already dual partioned, the BIOS doesn't support booting to USB drives, but it can read USB drives. I've got a similar laptop that fully installed 9.1 from CD and it works fine (ubuntu only).
I figured if I could install a dual boot ubuntu on this unit via wubi, I could then delete and absorb the windows partition. However, wubi doesn't appear to run. Supposedly wubi runs on 98. I can't ever recall anything that 98 ran that ME couldn't... Except Wubi?
Suggestions? Could it be having trouble connecting to the internet via an old browser (ie 5.5).
Situation : I want to install a dual boot UBUNTU system on an older laptop whose CD is broken, floppy works, it's already dual partioned, the BIOS doesn't support booting to USB drives, but it can read USB drives. I've got a similar laptop that fully installed 9.1 from CD and it works fine (ubuntu only).
I figured if I could install a dual boot ubuntu on this unit via wubi, I could then delete and absorb the windows partition. However, wubi doesn't appear to run. Supposedly wubi runs on 98. I can't ever recall anything that 98 ran that ME couldn't... Except Wubi?
Suggestions? Could it be having trouble connecting to the internet via an old browser (ie 5.5).