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problem installing 11.04 on XP using wubi and livecd

Asked by Lisa Chumney

I want to install Ubuntu inside Windows to test it out first with some of my hardware and devices. I tried using the Wubi installer and that didn't work. When I rebooted it just went straight to windows.

I then tried burning a cd to boot from. That will get me to a ubuntu loading screen, but then there is an error and I have to reboot again.

Any ideas? I found somewhere on another site that there may be issues doing this with xp and there was a long, complicated method for installing. Is there no easy way to test ubuntu with XP?

I am running XP home edition, v2002, sp3
My computer has Intel Celeron M 1.5 ghz, 2g ram

Thanks for your help!

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enubuntu (mr.tennents) said : 		#1

You have to specify the error, please.

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Lisa Chumney (teleport-panda) said : 		#2

Trying to install using Wubi does not give me an error, it just doesn't work.

When trying to run from a burned cd, I get this message:

(initramfs) mount.mouting /dev/loop0 on //filesystem.squashfs failed: Input/output error
Can not mount /dev/loop0 (/cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs) on //filesystem.squashfs

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Best bcbc (bcbc) said : 		#3

Does the Wubi GUI show and allow you to select a target drive and size, and complete (the windows part) normally? Just that it reboots straight back into Windows?

If so then there are two possible problems: 1. the time to display operating systems is set to zero or 2. no entry for Ubuntu was added.

To fix 1. right click on My Computer, select Properties, Advanced, Startup & Recovery settings, and check that the time to display OS is 15.

If that isn't the prob post back more info.

Regarding the failure to run from a live CD, this is probably due to a bad burn. Hit any key when you see the keyboard icon (middle bottom) and then from the extended menu, select to Check the CD for defects.

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Lisa Chumney (teleport-panda) said : 		#4

Thanks bcbc, that solved my question.