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[Michel EKIMIA <contact@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for your answer. I think Wubi is a good base as a lot of code for
modifying the Windows bootloader is needed.

First, I way be wrong but do people agree that burning a Live CD and make
their windows PC boot on it is way to difficult for  let's say 70% of
Windows XP users right now ?

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2013/9/24 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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