Trying to install Ubuntu

Hi all. I was trying to install Ubuntu with the wubi installer on my desktop Xp. I have windows 7 on a laptop, so I don't mind to much if I make a mistake and have to start all over on Xp. I have made the restore disc's a long time ago. So, I got to the point of when I'm asked to put in the password. My question is do I make up new passwords for Ubuntu, or do I use the passwords I have for XP ? I ask because it said I would have a choice to chose which program to choose. Well after restarting the computer I did not get that. Windows Xp came up. On a side note, I did burn Linux Mint 13 on a dvd with my laptop, but the desktop did not come up with Linux after restarting. Hence I'm trying install with wubi (window installer ??? ) Thanks for any answer.

 

As far as I know of, you can use any password you please. Also, if you could let me know how the Wubi/Ubuntu worked out, because I have tried it twice and it doesn't put Ubuntu on the XP I tried it on, all I get is blank screens.

 

Hi Nick. At least you got something when you tried. Not that a black screen is any thing you want. To answer your question, I got nothing. No choice screen, nothing that said Ubuntu. So I deleted everything and here I am asking how to put Ubuntu on the computer.

 

I had been playing with Linux these past days and try various flavors of it and finally installed Maya-Cinnamon in a HP 2.3 Mhz. Try with Xp previously and booted ok. Finally I installed it from a USB with no problems. But, seems to me that it is too slow to run or maybe there is something that I still do not know about it.:-o

Ahhh!!! and I used UNetbootin to create the USB. You can use that utility to download the ISO and create the USB or burn the DVD.

 

I agree with chapincito, you can download the file and install to a usb stick or burn a CD, but Wubi is supposed to install it inside Windows. I did get Xubuntu to install on one PC, buy Ubuntu is what I really wanted to try, and Wubi just won't install it. Really wish I had an answer for you, it would help me too.

 

Good morning. Thanks for the replys. Guess I'll keep trying on my desktop to get either Ubuntu or Linux on this computer. Nice when you can mess around with one computer and keep the other one for main use. Trouble with burning a disc is that my desktop can not burn a dvd any more. Don't know why. It used to do that. Over the years , 9/10 or so. I've crashed and deleted things I didn't need any more, so this desktop does not burn or for that matter, it will not read the dvd I made with my laptop. Thing is, it does read the dvd's I made when I first got this desktop. So I would rather use the wubi way of getting it on the computer. Thanks again for the replys. Just another question. When XP is not supported anymore, how long can you use XP before you lose it for good ? Hence the reason for wanting to get another OS.

 

You will be able to use XP for as long as the PC holds out. I have a Win 98 that I used until last year. I ran FF 2.0, Avasy 4.8 Ccleaner and Spy bot, but I needed a newer Firefox for some sites, so I updated it to ,,,,,,,,, XP.

 

I have made a bootable USB stick with Mint Linux by following the instructions here:

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/

I have taken a Win 7 machine and made it dual boot Win7/Mint by following the instructions here:

http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2012/06/06/how-to-dual-boot-linux-mint-13-cinnamonmate-and-windows-7/

The important things are partitioning schemes and boot loader.

Also have a look at:

http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2012/11/1...atecinnamon-and-windows-8-on-uefi-hardware/2/

Granted it is for Win 8, but the partitioning and boot loading info is the same and this one is specifically for Ubuntu. This site has a comments/questions area that is actively supported.

 

Well, I got Ubuntu installed. What I did different this time is when it ask for the user name and password, I put in the user name I use for XP and the same password for XP also. Didn;t do that the first time. NickT , don't know if that'll help you get Ubuntu. Now that I have it, I need to get some more answers to it. Mainly, why is it takeing so long to open . I get to its desktop with the bar on the left side of the screen. Click on Firefox and wait and wait. Starts to show up in bits of getting brighter and brighter. Then trying to get to my home page. Same trouble. Is it just learning my computer? , or do I need to learn and wait and wait. :cry. Well back to Ubuntu, or maybe I'll stay with XP. I'll give it a week.

 

I made my stick over the summer, and looking inside the readme it appears I used the Universal USB Installer (UUI). I have Casper persistence on the 16G stick so I can save files/configs etc. It went well for me, and the stick is still working. I put Mint 13 on from a live CD, and it appears that that is not an option on their page any longer. I see Mint 8 listed tho...

If I were to do it again, I would be mindful of your advice, TY!

 

I try both of them and I think you can use Live USB Creator or Universal USB Installer for that.

 

There is an alternative to Wubi which you may want try at some point and that is to install a virtual machine in your XP system. Once you have your virtual machine installed you can then run any version of Linux or Windows on it, so it's a lot more flexible than Wubi.

A virtual machine is software that emulates a physical computer within the host system, borrowing as required the host system's hardware where it isn't possible to emulate it, as in a CD/DVD drive. Once the VM is set up you can have as many operating system as you like available to run on it whenever you like, all without having to reboot the host system - XP in your case.

VMs do require a certain amount of RAM and disk space allocated to them when running so they won't run well on any machine that only just has sufficient RAM for the host system but an XP system that isn't overly tight on disk space and has 2GB RAM would cope with a Linux installation. The more RAM the better really.

Two popular and very capable virtual machines are VMware Player and VirtualBox, both free. I've used both and find VMware Player the better of the two, though VirtualBox has a snapshot capability that is very handy for what-iffing. Higher versions of Win 7 can install Microsoft's virtual machine called XP Mode, but don't even bother.

 

The same here...

But it did something that I could do not find any answer to: over the weekend I fixed for a friend a computer and for that bought a TP-Link NANO adaptor that was on sale, so a bought one for this Linux computer and I could not install it, so I did not insist and the next time I turned it on a pop-up appears asking me the password for our network, I entered and Voila!!! I Am connected now wireless!!! I like that!!!

 

I'm surprised you were having troubles. I'm doing Debian/Unbuntu and Mint installs on various hardware I have lying around and the network connection has always been automatic. I do have to enter the router password, but that is a good thing. I'm using live CDs and opting for the install, except for the Debian which was a netinst.

As far as access to the machine, I was prompted during each install for a user name and had to assign a password. I use different user names/PWs for every install and logging on is quick and easy.