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turducken
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I thought about giving it try so I downloaded it through wubi or whatever it is. But when I turn on my computer and go to boot manager and shit the option to boot with ubuntu does not appear. So I tried to uninstall it and it says there is an error and comes up saying 'error executing command' and a how lot of shit underneath that which I have no idea what it means.

Anyone ever had the same or similar problem? +k for any help
Apr 1 2011 12:24AM
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corona
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how were you mounting it? like did you burn it on a disk?
Apr 1 2011 12:30AM
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corona
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it should be fairly fool proof..

-go to this site:
http://www.ubuntu.com/

-download correct version (I'll assume 32 bit desktop)

-burn image to disk or using a flash drive/hard drive etc. I'd use a disk

-put in disk, restart computer

-press f12 or whatever your designated button is to open boot manager.

-select disk

-ubuntu will start up and there will be a "try ubuntu without making changes to your computer" option

-select that, it will boot ubuntu off the disk (it will be very slow as it's running of a disk, not a hard drive) and you can see how you like it.
Apr 1 2011 12:34AM
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turducken
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Nah with wubi it is just a straight download. You don't exactly partion your drive like you do when download it thw other way
Apr 1 2011 12:35AM
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corona
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oh oh , sorry misread. I' not too familiar with using it. personally I wouldn't want two operating systems on the same partition. but I bet Ubuntu site forums has some good answers if no one here does
Apr 1 2011 12:38AM
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Arabian.
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Yes you do, or at least you should've, had to partition your drive to accomodate for Ubuntu.
Apr 1 2011 12:50AM
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shibby
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I've been trying to install a similar distro. It's not as straight forward as people make it seem, I feel like I've been fucking up my computer. Giving it one last shot on the auto settings and hopefully it pulls through.
Apr 1 2011 1:48AM
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LockyK
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thing with Wubi is that it's a windows executeable. it should install ubuntu as a secon boot option without actually having to partition the drive.

basically a live disc without being super crap and slow.

does anything come up after boot? the GRUB menu should come up with a ubuntu, windows and memtest option.


and no offence, if you cant get it to work through wubi, or get it working, then maybe linux isn't for you. shit if fucking tech and hard to learn. though once you do it is insanely awesome.
Apr 1 2011 2:07AM
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--ski--
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I've never used ubuntu through wubi like the op said he is doing, but I thought when you download it with wubi it doesn't as such partion your drive but kind of 'allocates' room on your drive for it(not sure if that makes sense). I mean I think windows pretty runs it as a program and you can uninstall it from the control panel option?
Apr 1 2011 6:17AM
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--ski--
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Really having trouble trying to word what I'm thinking. So don't be surprised if this sounds like jiberish.
Apr 1 2011 6:19AM
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Arabian.
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I don't know about recent releases, but when I used Ubuntu, even with Wubi, I set a partition for it when it prompted me to.
Apr 1 2011 12:00PM
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--ski--
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Your problem got me really interested so I downloaded ubuntu, with wubi, on my shitty old laptop and it's all a registry problem I'm pretty sure. So instead of me explaining how to do it typing lots of shit just go here, found your same problem on the ubuntu forums


should do the trick for you mate.
Apr 1 2011 10:46PM
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