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[Gaetano Miglionico <gaemiglio@xxxxxxxxx>]

In this page<http://help.jolicloud.com/entries/230291-How-do-I-install-Joli-OS-while-keeping-Windows->is
more clear how the joli os works.
First add a new boot option to the MBR of windows that allow the user to
start the installation program, then replaces the MBR with the traditional
linux bootloader. Ok anyway i'll try the source code of this installer and
try to understand something more.


2013/9/25 Shorya Raj <rajshorya@xxxxxxxxx>

> If you can handle the bootloading part, then we can focus on the rest. I
> could probably code the download of it, and the gui installation, but not
> the bootloading (don't have time either).
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Gaetano Miglionico <gaemiglio@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> If i remember well joli os doesn't use wubi for the installation, because
>> start GRUB normally and not the windows MBR. I can try to find how it works
>> and maybe use it for a complete new application, since it seems an
>> opensource project
>>
>>
>> 2013/9/24 Shorya Raj <rajshorya@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>> I suggested that right before - we could work on our own. It would be
>>> hard, but anything good is hard.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Gaetano Miglionico <gaemiglio@xxxxxxxxx
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> If can be useful i have tried a distro that use an exe installer to
>>>> install the system alongside windows: Joli OS<http://www.jolicloud.com/jolios>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2013/9/24 Michel EKIMIA <contact@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2013/9/24 Gaetano Miglionico <gaemiglio@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I also think that iso are bad for xp users, so why not create a cool
>>>>>> application that install linux like an update. With this app the
>>>>>> startubuntu project would have the real opportunity to grow. So why not
>>>>>> start?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Good news : You just started 2 minutes Ago :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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