After downloading an iso-image for Kubuntu 14.10 and then burning it to a DVD. When I then tried to open it I get this message:
What to do ? Can anyone please help.
After downloading an iso-image for Kubuntu 14.10 and then burning it to a DVD. When I then tried to open it I get this message:
What to do ? Can anyone please help.
This is a new patch to Wubi introduced with Ubuntu 14.10 that spares users such as yourself who have computers with EFI firmware from installing Wubi only to find that it doesn't work. What used to happen is that the install would have appeared to succeed (in Windows), sometimes after downloading 1GB of data, only to find upon rebooting an error message about wubildr.mbr
being corrupted.
Now Wubi checks and helpfully refuses to install, thus saving you a lot of pain. Do a normal dual boot as suggested here: Installing Ubuntu Alongside a Pre-Installed Windows with UEFI
Note:
Wubi.exe is also set to autorun when you insert an (K)Ubuntu DVD in Windows. Even if you don't intend to install Kubuntu using Wubi it will autorun and then terminate with this popup on EFI computers.
See the forum staff recommendations for WUBI at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2229766. You can use a virtual machine, install to removable media like a usb disk or flash stick, or repartition your hard disk to make room for Ubuntu. WUBI is not really an option any longer.