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[Shorya Raj <rajshorya@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello
Wubi is dead - it was a nightmare before, and last time I checked it is not
being developed anymore. However, last time I checked, there isn't any
other option that is working, and working well - most of them are very much
experimental. Therefore, I think that at this point, we may actually be
forced to make our own (can't be that hard... Ok we may have to deal with a
bit of Assembly, but the rest of it shouldn't be that bad). But, apart from
Live USB/CD or Wubi, I don't think that there are too many options.


Thanks
Spider



On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Michel EKIMIA <contact@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all, I m wondering :
> promoting ubuntu for Xp end is good
> but what if the current installation tools are not enough ?
> What solution can we propose as a click & click option ( No USB boot or CD)
> to XP users for a native ubuntu installation ?
>  IMO nothing for now, as Wubi is dead and is not an option anyway for good
> performance and long time usage.
> So we should check if such a tool is possible in the coming months.
>
>
> What I see right now for this "tool" :
>
> 1- inspired from Wubi for starting and downloading the Ubuntu Iso ( or
> maybe a preinstalled basic system which would be faster)
>
> 2- At first step, install a Wubi like installation tool in Windows and
> boot it by default using the Windows Boot manager
>
> 3- After reboot, the tool is launch in TORAM mode so it's possible to
> unmount the windows partition, analyse the partition scheme, and resize it
> to create the 2 minimum partitions needed.
>
>
> 4- Then start the installation with minmimum questions like Wubi did and
> create links from Ubuntu documents to Windows documents in some way.
>
>
> 5- Update the Windows Manager so only the ubuntu installed and Windows
> stay with ubuntu being the Default.
>
> 6- When the user is happy with Ubuntu, propose on the desktop a Final
> migration tool that would copy the Documents from XP to Ubuntu and resize
> partitions to give the maximum to ubuntu, this step would be obviously
> optional)
>
>
> let me know what you think and if this seems useful I could create a
> blueprint for it.
>
>
>
>
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