Questions tagged [wubi]

Questions about Wubi, a way to dual boot Ubuntu and Windows without partitioning. However, it's been abandoned for years and is depreciated.

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Transitioning to Ubuntu - Complete Newbie [duplicate]

I just wanted to ask on what would you recommend. I am casual Windows user and I plan on transitioning to Linux, based on what I've read so far it seems that Ubuntu is a good fit however what I'm ...
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Wubi is taking a long time to install

I decided to try the new Ubuntu with Wubi, however I've been installing for 2 hours now and the progress is always around 3 hrs. 30 min. Sometimes it goes to 3 hrs. 28 min., then bounces back to 3 hrs....
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GRUB does not show on startup

I installed Ubuntu 15.04 alongside Windows 10, but at startup the grub menu does not show. I used Wubi before, and I uninstalled it from the control panel, selecting the Ubuntu application. Is this ...
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Is there any Linux based ubuntu installer like wubi?

I have a kali live CD and I'd like to install ubuntu on my HD, unfortunately I have no USB drives so I was wondering if there is some wubi like installer for Linux, or an alternative way to install ...
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Why do I get a blank screen when starting Wubi?

I used Wubi to download 12.04 on a new partition. When restarting, the computer (Levono windows 7 -64) froze with no signal on my screen. Turning the computer on and off I received the option to sign ...
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Using a folder on an ntfs partition as /home

I use wubi to install Ubuntu 10.10 on my ntfs partition. So I want to change the home folder to a folder on the ntfs partition. I could keep the personal configuration, software and so on after ...
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Unable to access BIOS menu after installing Windows 8

After installing Windows 8 in UEFI mode I can no longer access the BIOS menu. I have tried different solutions to access the BIOS menu but I was unsuccessful. I want to switch to Ubuntu but the live ...
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fcitx: Working Chinese input in Ubuntu 16.04 (fix or find)

Non-working softwares: After installing the built-in Wubi option and one third-party, listed here: Wubihaifang86; ibus's Wubi-Jidan86. I looked for a few other options but could not find anything I ...
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Fresh Install of Ubuntu, After Windows 10

I have a Windows 8.1 HP Pavilion model 2000. My younger brother decided to put Windows 10 on it, he didn't partition or back up the Windows 8.1 OS... I've tried reverting back to Win8.1 but can't. So ...
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Ubuntu is not booting - "No init fount. Try passing init= bootarg." , Install from Windows (Wubi)

Ubuntu 10.04 installed from Windows 7 (Wubi filesystme), Now Ubuntu is not booting giving this error. Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init. No init fount. Try passing init= bootarg. BusyBox v1....
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Dowgrade Upgrade WUBI Ubuntu Precise 12.1 replacing only PPA [duplicate]

Life is matter of Risk but should be well calculated. I have been using Xubutu 12.04 under wubi for a While on Ideapad S12 but It was quite uneasy to work with this buggy solution. I did get a try ...
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Installing Ubuntu from windows [duplicate]

I am trying to install Ubuntu with the windows installer but I want to make the partition larger than 30 GB. How do i do this?
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How do I give Ubuntu more space (when installed inside Windows 7 (via wubi))?

I had installed Ubuntu inside Windows XP but then I formatted XP and installed Windows 7. EDIT1: I used Wubi for the same. I want to know which one of the two will solve my problem? creating a ...
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Problem with Wubi installation

I am getting a black screen with the following message when I reboot my PC after the installation via Wubi. I tried again and again but still I get this screen and then it's stuck. Message : pwconv: ...
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How to install with Wubi when it says "Could not retrieve the required disk image files"?

I tried to install Ubuntu 12.10 with the Wubi installer while running Windows, because my PC does not accept my BootCD as a bootable medium. But Wubi showed me this error: Ubuntu-...
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Wubi Grub Prompt "Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported" [duplicate]

I just installed Ubuntu today with WUBI. After installing, the first time I tried to boot it, it gave me a screen with this grub prompt: Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first ...
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Installed Ubuntu on separate partition using wubi, can I delete my Windows partition entirely?

I installed Ubuntu 12.04 (updated to 12.10) on a separate partition from inside Windows 8 using WUBI. I would like to use only Ubuntu. Can I simply delete the partition where Windows is located? I'...
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Does wubi need separate partition? Can I manually allocate space for my home folder?

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04, but there are some programs like AutoCAD, SolidWorks and Comsol Multyphysics that can run only on a Windows system. I decided to reinstall my laptop, so I will install first ...
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WUBI hangs while "Almost finished copying files"

WUBI hangs while "Almost finished copying files" on both 12.04 and 12.10. I'm using Dell Latitude E5410 with i3Core processor and 8MB of Ram. Operating system is Win7Pro. THANX
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problem with the install ubuntu 18.04.2

I need some help to Install ubuntu (I had tried to install 18.04.2& 19.04 & 14.04.6) on my laptop (asus model N752VX original windows 10 home from asus ). I have already asked for help from ...
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Blank screen after Ubuntu logo appears when booting wubi [closed]

I tried wubi but it didn't start up after the first boot. On the second boot up option came up to select Ubuntu or Windows 7. I choose Ubuntu but only the logo appeared and then after that a blank ...
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Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported in Wubi Ubuntu

Installed ubuntu along with Windows 10 using Wubiuefi. After rebooting to Ubuntu, GRUB menu is loading with Error Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible ...
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Please help regarding Ubuntu installation via wubi installer [duplicate]

I'm having Windows 10 on my system, but I want to dual boot my OS. For that purpose I installed Wubi Ubuntu installer but at the start of installation they are asking for EFI partition? Can anyone ...
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Installing ubuntu usinng wubi.exe taking me to grub menu

I installed Ubuntu 18.10 using wubi.exe on Windows 10. Restarted the system after installation and it took me to grub menu. What should I do get out of Grub menu and boot to Ubuntu?
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64 bit 12.04 too much for 1 GB RAM? [duplicate]

New install Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit is painfully slow and freezes on a Dell 5150 desktop. It has dual core 2.8 GHz Pentium 4 processors and 1 GB RAM. Usage is over 700 MB with just the desktop running. I ...
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How can I install wubi with more than 30 GB?

I want to install Ubuntu 12.10 alongside Windows 8 with Wubi. Can I somehow install Ubuntu (wubi) with more than 30 GB of space? I have a HP Pavilion g7 1303 (x64).
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"/ubuntu/winboot/wubildr.mbr" error

I am having some problems with my new laptop ASUS N76VM. I have read up on the problem for the past couple of days, as it seem to be UEFI related. First, I tried to use the WUBI installer and since ...
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OS selection screen not coming up on starting laptop HP N208-TX

I installed Ubuntu 16.04.2 using wubi installer whose download link I obtained from GitHub. After completing installation the selection screen which comes up for selecting which OS to use doesn't show....
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Surface Book Wubi Ubuntu 18.04 - Failed with grub boot loader configuration

I just used wubi to install Ubuntu 18.04 on my Surface Book that uses UEFI. During the installation, it said grub failed to installed. Then after I restart, I can no longer log back into Windows. I'm ...
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If i Install Ubuntu on an External Drive using Wubi, does it do anything to my C: Drive?

I have installed ubuntu using wubi on my old computer and Broke Windows (I had to re-install it). So excuse me If I am acting paranoid. I was all ready to install ubuntu using Wubi then it hit me. ...
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How do I undo Ctrl+Alt+Backspace?

I'm installing Ubuntu from wubi and I pressed that and it went to a full screen cmd prompt looking thing and I think the Ctrl+Alt+Backspace did it.
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Ubuntu 12.10 & 12.04.1 LTS mouse freezing (Saitek Cyborg R.A.T.5 Mouse)

I've figured it out: it's the Cyborg mouse. I'll be looking through the questions as I remember seeing something about this. I'm getting a similar issue to this fellow: https://askubuntu.com/...
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Can my PC handle Kubuntu [duplicate]

i am new to ubuntu and the linux world generally ! i am trying to install kubuntu 18.04 on my old desktop computer ( however this is my main machine ) the machine has 1GB of RAM and a 1.80 GHZ amd ...
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How do I remove the Ubuntu boot option created by Wubi?

My friend installed Ubuntu on a separate partition on a PC with Windows 7 using Wubi. But by mistake he reformatted the drive containing Ubuntu. He is still getting Ubuntu option in the boot menu. How ...
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Kubuntu 13.04 got installed inside Win7, but doesn't appear in boot menu

I've never used Ubuntu in parallel to Windows OS. I always installed Ubuntu inside Windows, with a dedicated drive for Ubuntu. I did the same thing recently on my new Lenovo laptop. I created a ...
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What does installing Ubuntu "alongside" Windows entail?

I recently posted a question about an error I was receiving trying to access Ubuntu from the boot menu. I am using Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.x (I THINK because I haven't accessed it in over a year due ...
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Ubuntu terminal startup instead of desktop

Good day I am VERY much an amateur when it comes to software and coding in general. However, I am willing to learn. I am in desperate need of running TITAN Radar software on my system. This program ...
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How to permanently set i915.modeset=0 to fix black screen after boot on device with Intel graphics card

I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 in dual mode with Windows 7. The screen goes black after the initial boot. I have tried editing GRUB in the initial boot by typing i915.modeset=0 and it works, but how ...
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How to convert Wubi install into regular install?

I have installed Ubuntu on my D: partition using Wubi. Is there any way in which I can remove my Windows from C: drive and move my existing Ubuntu installation to C: drive and make it a regular ...
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Slow performance after wubi install of Ubuntu 14 with XP

I had an old XP PC that didn't seem like a good candidate for partitioning - various unmovable files and files that couldn't be defragmented. Pentium 4, 2.79 GHz, 1 GB RAM, about 30 GB free before ...
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Addition of Second Hard Drive causes initramfs Shell at Boot

I added another hard drive recently to use as a backup drive. However, after doing that, upon restarting, it says: "ALERT! /host/ubuntu/disks/root.disk does not exist. Dropping to a shell!" After ...
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Remove Wubi boot menu entry

I had a Windows laptop and I installed Ubuntu 17.10 with wubi. Soon after, I needed to clean up Windows and I restored it via its own restore function, which deletes all data and preferences and ...
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GLIBCXX_3.4.15 not found

When I try to run Blender builds from Graphicall.org (11.04 Natty 64-bit), I get the following message: ./blender: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version 'GLIBCXX_3.4.15' not found (...
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Dual boot, ubuntu won't boot!

I tried to install Ubuntu using Wubi at my PC with Windows 7 64bit OS. I've noticed that Wubi is downloading ubuntu-11.10-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent but, my PC is intel CORE i5, but, I thought that ...
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Unable to start Ubuntu

I'm unable to start Ubuntu in my laptop. I'm sharing Ubuntu with Windows 7 in my laptop, and after I install Ubuntu when I boot my laptop and choose Ubuntu as my operating system the following error ...
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While installing using WUBI Kubuntu just reboots on boot

I've installed Kubuntu 16.04 with a Windows application called "Wubi", but when I boot into Kubuntu to complete the installation it shows me the pulsing blue Kubuntu logo for about 20-30 seconds and ...
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Wubi installation problem: Coud not find the ISO /ubuntu/install/kubuntu-16.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso [duplicate]

I've got a Lenovo ThinkPad T450. I want to install Linux inside my current Windows 7 installation, preferably Kubuntu 16.04.3 LTS. I install Kubuntu with Wubi 16.04.3r325 (wubi16043r325.exe) by ...
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Permission denied while i was installing ubuntu 14.04 by wubi

I have faced a problem when trying to install ubuntu 14.04 version on my windows 7 os by wubi. It say permission denied and refer to the specific folder on drive C (I make a directory of wubi and ISO ...
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How to mount root.disk file? [duplicate]

I have Ubuntu 14.04 installed on my Windows 7 PC using wubi. The system does not boot and I'm trying to mount root.disk file in order to restart it from a Ubuntu live USB. But terminal shows me: ...
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Partitioning hard drive with Windows 7 for Ubuntu installation

I have an ASUS K53U laptop with Windows 7 64-bit installed. I want it to dual-boot with Ubuntu (Linux-Secure-Remix, preferably). I have previously used WUBI on this laptop. Currently my partitions ...

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