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Installing Ubuntu From A Windows System With Wubi

Installing Ubuntu From A Windows System With Wubi

Version 1.0
Author: Falko Timme <ft [at] falkotimme [dot] com>
Last edited 09/06/2007

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.

This document comes without warranty of any kind! I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!

 

1 Preliminary Note

I have tested this on a Windows XP Professional desktop.

 

2 Downloading Wubi

Go to http://wubi-installer.org and click on the Download (Beta) button:

Download Wubi to a folder on your Windows system:


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