Hi Mike, On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 1:21 AM, mikifin <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would say that the issue is fixed, I do have a couple of comments. > I'm glad things are working for you now. > 1. Labelling the folders of the installed files with version i.e. grub2 > ver1.1 or Ubuntu 10.4.03 etc. on the installed system would help you and > users keep track of what has been installed, particularly over time when > trying to back track an issue. Worked well in the DOS Windows world, why > not take advantage of this? > Well, it's wubi who makes the folders. Probably you should pass your proposition to wubi developers. > 2. I think that a windows users rather than a newbie "corner" be setup so > entry into Linux/Ubuntu in this case is easier. For instance, it has never > been necessary for me to know that only four operating system primary > partitions are possible or that it is practice for may manufacturers to > take up all these partitions with all their "stuff" and thus make it > impossible to mount up another OS. I can only find tangential mention of > this whole area of computing on the web and most of it is from a > professional point of view, not explanation for users. It is also not > mentioned anywhere that the windows user needs to shift the system to a > static drive setup, change the partitions etc. to add Linux in this case > Ubuntu. To top this all off windows only mentions this "situation" in one > warning box and only the first time the user "bumps" into this issue. I > worked as a "black box" tester for companies in the Northwest like > Microsoft and they had a system for handling this data. It took me months > and scanning virtual reams of information to piece together this > information (I am a little obsessive) from the web and the Ubuntu site. If > you want more adopters, not just gear heads, or insomniacs like me to use > Linux this whole area of finding the data needs to be addressed. For the > time being I would add a link on your site with information like this > directed specifically to Windows users, a running data sheet if you will. > I think these are two separate issue. As for the 4 primary partitions limit, I think everything is pretty good here: as I told before wubi installations don't need any separate partition so they are not affected. And if you are using Ubiquity (main Ubuntu installer) you only have two choices: delete everything or do partitioning by hand. And in the latter case you better know something about partitioning (or read the Installation Guide) so 4 primary partitions limitation should be a problem. As for the dynamic disks I think Wubi should detect this situation and stop with an error. Thanks for your feedback. Regards, Ilya. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948716 Title: grub-probe erroneously returns FAT UUID in lowercase To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/948716/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
