| Art Alexion on 4 May 2008 16:45:12 -0700 |
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On Sunday 04 May 2008 16:51:34 JP Vossen wrote: > the Ubuntu side only requires > the NTFS partition. Windows can nuke itself into oblivion, but as long > as NTFS stays clean Ubuntu will work. Yes, I realize there's a > good-sized "if" in there. But in my experience, Windows more often than > not shoots itself in the foot registry and DLL-wise, rather than by > corrupting the file system at a partition level. If windows dies at the dll or registry level, will the Ubuntu partition still boot? If so, I guess it's OK. I'm pretty sure you'd have to copy it to another partition or drive before reinstalling Windows, though. > > Wubi sounds good for people who are windows users, want to try Linux, > > want more than a Live boot, but aren't committed to a switch. > > Or for people who have to use Windows for work but also want a more > native than VMware Ubuntu to use without major surgery (i.e., partition > messing) to a corporate PC/image. I'd guess there's a good number of > people like that on this list. Sometimes I forget how lucky I am that I work in an all windows shop, but don't have to run it myself. > Don't forget a 'dpkg-query > --show | perl -pe 's/^(.*?)\t(?:\d:)?(.*)$/$1_$2/;' | sort' now and then > so you can remind yourself what packages you installed. Thanks for this tip. Attachment:
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