Marcus
I just briefly checked out Mint4Win and it does appear to be the same as Wubi. Wubi as I understand it will install Linux in its own partition and offer you a grub menu on boot so you can pick which OS you want to boot into.
To get rid of it you can simply go into Windows and remove it from the Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.
Is that right. In which case, I would simply copy the ISO of which ever buntu I wanted to install - Xubuntu probably as Mint4Win is a bit flakey and doesnt support the latest version nor the LXDE versions - to a partition of the hard drive and point the installer to it.
Is this right?
If it is, that would make it a very easy way of installing without a CD drive.
Simon
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Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 14:09:38 +0100 From: runlevelten@gmail.com To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: Re: [ALUG] Installing Linux Without CD/USB
Ubuntu supports WABI installs, which adds an item to the Windows boot.ini for dual booting. Do Mint and Xubuntu support that too?
Ubuntu/Xubuntu aren't different base distros. As far as I'm aware, Xubuntu through Wubi amounts to installing Ubuntu through Wubi, then installing the xubuntu-desktop package.
Mint - there is something called Mint4Win on the install discs apparently, looks like Simon would require using a CD mounting tool* and running it, I have no idea whether it works or how well it is maintained.
*You could use Microsoft Virtual CD control panel for that.
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