Originally Posted by
tweezak
Great guide and handy script. Very helpful. Thank you very much.
Now...that I've done it all and have rebooted, how do I know that I'm in the "parition" linux and didn't boot back into WUBI? What's an easy way to tell? The boot process looks the same as before.
Thanks again!
You're very welcome
The boot process should be different (unless you chose to not install grub). Instead of the Windows boot manager, you'll see the grub menu first.
You can tell what you have booted in a number of ways... go to a terminal and see what root is mounted on:
Code:
mount
#or
mount | grep ' / '
It should say something like:
/dev/sda5 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
You're still on Wubi if it says
/dev/loop0 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0)
You can also check the fstab:
You're on Wubi if it says:
/host/ubuntu/disks/root.disk / ext4 loop,errors=remount-ro 0 1
If you skipped the grub install, you have to boot your new install by choosing Ubuntu from the Windows boot manager, and then looking near the bottom of the grub menu where it should say something like "Ubuntu xxxxx (on /dev/sda5)"
If this is the case, don't uninstall Wubi without first installing the grub bootloader from your migrated install.
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