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Installing Ubuntu From A Windows System With Wubi Wubi is an Ubuntu installer for Windows that lets you install and uninstall Ubuntu from a Windows desktop. Wubi adds an entry to the Windows boot menu which allows you to run Linux. Ubuntu is installed within a file in the Windows file system (a loopmounted partition), this file is seen by Ubuntu as a real hard disk. That way the hard drive does not have to be repartitioned before the Ubuntu installation. The resulting Ubuntu installation is a "real" Linux system, not just a virtual machine. Wubi makes it easy for Linux newbies to play around with Ubuntu.
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Wooby is a fine and intelligent tool!
My problem is that it's downloading the ISO from 147.175.167.205 (ubuntu.ynet.sk). It would be much better if you could chose a mirror closer to you.
Critics ... can't live without them. I have to say it again, it's a great tool!
You can either:
1) edit the .metalink file in the wubi->install directory to only go to your nearest mirror (e.g. edit ubuntu-7.04-alternate-i386.iso.metalink in notepad)
or
2) manually download the .iso file from any mirror and put it in wubi->install (e.g download ubuntu-7.04-alternate-i386.iso)
and then run wubi
Puppy linux has been doing this for years now with pretty good success check it out http://www.puppylinux.org/user/downloads.php?cat_id=3
Is there an option to install Ubuntu from the live CD, which I already have, rather than downloading the ISO?
UNetbootin at http://lubi.sourceforge.net/unetbootin.html also does the same thing (installs Ubuntu from Windows without needing a CD), but unlike Wubi it installs to a real partition so you don't have to bother with the issues of a loop install. It also supports Fedora, openSuse, Mandriva, and Archlinux installation as well as Ubuntu.
If anyone is not sure about if WUBi is for them or not, take alook at this review i wrote before you download:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1586391/wubi_windows_ubuntu_installer.html?cat=59
Or just give it a go since wubi is so easy, its not hard to remove if you dont like it.