Mebster Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Yeah, it adds an entry to the Windows bootloader. From that entry it loads GRUB (which is installed within the Ubuntu disk file, not your MBR) to boot Ubuntu. So it goes from Windows bootloader to Grub? And does Grub show Windows or OS X in it's list? I'm just wondering how to conveniently fit OS X in all of this? Is it possible to have Grub load first, which has OS X and Windows but be written to a file and not MBR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 OK, so heres the structure Windows Boot Manager >> 2 Options (Vista and Ubuntu) Choose Vista >> Windows bootloader boots Vista Choose Ubuntu >> Starts up GRUB (contained inside the Ubuntu virtual disk) and starts Ubuntu So no, you couldn't fit OS X into GRUB most likely because GRUB resides within the virtual Ubuntu disk which itself resides on the Windows partition. You would have to use chain0 on XP, some EasyBCD mods if you are on Vista. And also, Forceman's tip for the fonts worked beautifully EDIT: Also I wanted to mention, 8.04 comes preinstalled with Compiz window manager, but there is very minimal configuration. You can just go to System >> Preferences >> Appearance >> Visual Effects and choose from 3 levels of effects. But after reading a bit in the Ubuntu manual I found out how to get the full configuration options. Open Snyaptic Package Manager from System >> Administration. Search for 'compiz' and among the results look for a package called "compizconfig-settings-manager". Install the package, now you can go to System >> Preferences >> Advanced Desktop Effects Settings and you have 100% control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I'm installing Kubuntu, the better Ubuntu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 GNOME is OK for me, KDE is too Windowsish Clonesish to like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 GNOME is OK for me, KDE is too Windowsish Clonesish to like I'm going to mod Wubi and Slackware after this to make a Slackware Wubi edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 O RLY? How are you going to do that, you'll have to edit Wubi.exe itself and I don't think its possible, cause theres a lot of core work going on there that makes it Ubuntu specific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonald Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Ubuntu is hard to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Ubuntu is hard to use. I apologize but: ______________________________________________ @pcwiz: I just need the Wubi installer because I'm going to mod the slackware files to match that of the Ubuntu ISO. I have built my own distro once; this shouldn't be hard at all then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Oh I get it You're gonna stick the Slackware files in place of the Ubuntu ones on the ISO...but if Wubi looks for some sort of identifier inside the ISO, then you'll have to do something about that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Oh I get it You're gonna stick the Slackware files in place of the Ubuntu ones on the ISO...but if Wubi looks for some sort of identifier inside the ISO, then you'll have to do something about that too. Actually, screw that, I'm going to make a Slackware Minimal Repack. Instead of Wubi I'd make a small script and my own graphical implementation of DOSGRUB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redliner Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Arrg...What about Compiz with no GUI!? Surely that'd take the take! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I ended up upgrading istead of installing all over again, well not that I have many third party apps just VMware, it sees stable right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 So is the sound working all right on everyone's systems? Every time I install a new Ubuntu, the sound won't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I did a clean install of Ubuntu 8.04 with Wubi (as my previous posts say) and sound works fine, but its not near as quality as I get with Windows because Ubuntu doesn't support the ALC889A sound codec on these Gigabyte P35 boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhail Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I installed Ubuntu using Wubi on a older PC I had lying around (Sisters PC). And all I can say is WOW!. Wubi is like your own VMWare Image. If you don't want it just remove it. It doesn't affect your partitions or anything. Heck if all Linux Distros had this feature no one would mess up their partitions trying Linux. Anyway just a tip for those lazy people who can't wait for Windows to Shut down and do it the Manual Power button Way. If you did not shut down or restart properly from Vista then when you try and run Ubuntu you will get a Can't read root.disk error and it will give you a shell command line instead of Ubuntu. To solve this you need to restart in to Vista and shut down properly. It only takes 2 extra mins to shut down properly and will save you wondering why you get the Shell instead of the lovely Ubuntu GUI interface . Also it could save you from Data Corruption Enjoy playing with Wubi. I certainly did! - Suhail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berzerker Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Excellent upgrade. Installed on a Macbook Pro and only thing I needed to install was madwifi for wireless. Everything else worked out of the box! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forceman Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 So much for people saying Ubuntu has no innovation just takes from others, Wubi is what distro devs want the most to get Windows people across. It's ok other distros, you can take Ubuntu's work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 I can see Wubi being ported to other distros, but yeah, just another reason for people to switch from Windows --> Linux. As for me, I'm still not comfy with using Linux as my main OS, but when I am looking for some über fun, Linux is the place to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwaaku Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Only one problem with upgrade for me, ethernet I finally cracked and updated from Kubuntu Gutsy to Hardy Heron. Very impressed, the only (tiny) flaw I have found is that it has broken my ethernet setup. Never had any problems with it before in Kubuntu, I can use my ethernet, but only after running a sudo dhclient eth0 command in terminal after every boot. knetwork manager just doesnt work, "no active devices" even if i am actually using my ethernet at the time! before, used a static ip setup, looks like thats going to take some work to set up. Interestingly I can leave the static ip config in place & run the dhclient command, ending up with some wierd hybrid of static & dhcp setup. That is; I am setup for a static IP but DHCP is associating me with a new ip it has assigned. It works, but ill need to tweak it before im happy with it. (I like things to make sense) update: fixed the ethernet problem. Looks like I had entered the wrong network mask whilst I was trying to get it to work. It works now. Samba works if I use the ip address rather than the samba computer name. not perfect but close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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