The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Wubi and Windows 8

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Hungry Man, Oct 5, 2011.

  1. Hungry Man

    Hungry Man Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    661
    Messages:
    2,348
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I'd like to move to Ubuntu 11.04 (and update to 11.10? if possible)

    but Wubi does not seem to work in Windows 8. When I start up it asks me which OS to boot into but Windows 8 is the only option.

    I do not believe I have UEFI boot as I don't think my MoBo supports it.
     
    Hungry Man, Oct 5, 2011
    #1
  2. flyingsilverfin

    flyingsilverfin Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    15
    Messages:
    141
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    people may know more about this on ubuntuforums.org, people here are generally more hardware oriented
     
    flyingsilverfin, Oct 5, 2011
    #2
  3. ALLurGroceries

    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    15,730
    Messages:
    7,146
    Likes Received:
    2,343
    Trophy Points:
    331
    I think much has changed with the win8 bootloader to the point where wubi is not going to be compatible. It may be in the future, but not today.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Oct 6, 2011
    #3
  4. ral

    ral Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    19
    Messages:
    404
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I am running Windows 8 DP and Ubuntu 11.10 beta 2. I installed Windows first though. Hope this helps.
     
    ral, Oct 8, 2011
    #4
  5. ALLurGroceries

    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    15,730
    Messages:
    7,146
    Likes Received:
    2,343
    Trophy Points:
    331
    You aren't running it with wubi though, right? You installed the normal way (with separate partitions and such)?
     
    ALLurGroceries, Oct 8, 2011
    #5
  6. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

    Reputations:
    1,988
    Messages:
    5,253
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    Windows 8 is a pre release...you shouldn't expect normal applications to work right. I'm not surprised that this doesn't, and it probably won't for awhile.
     
    Thomas, Oct 8, 2011
    #6
  7. Hungry Man

    Hungry Man Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    661
    Messages:
    2,348
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Ral, you installed the normal way? It works with the Win8 bootloader?
     
    Hungry Man, Oct 12, 2011
    #7
  8. lupusarcanus

    lupusarcanus Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    244
    Messages:
    263
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Why not dual-boot?
     
    lupusarcanus, Oct 13, 2011
    #8
  9. Hungry Man

    Hungry Man Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    661
    Messages:
    2,348
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Yes, I might dual boot. Wubi is more convenient but I may just partition and dual boot.
     
    Hungry Man, Oct 16, 2011
    #9