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Wubi is an Ubuntu installer for Windows that lets you install and uninstall Ubuntu. Wubi adds an entry to the Windows boot menu which allows you to run Linux. I'm considering the WUBI route cause it seems like a real dual boot situation just setup from within windows. Is that correct? Is using WUBI noting more than the same as a VM or will it be a true dual boot scenario? Now that I'm thinking about it, i was only considering WUBI since it makes it easy to dump Linux if i ever decide to.
- Installing Ubuntu From A Windows System With Wubi
Installing Ubuntu From A Windows System With Wubi
Version 1.0
Author: Falko Timme
Author: Falko Timme
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: