Comment 19 for bug 948716

Hi Mike,

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 1:21 AM, mikifin <email address hidden> wrote:

> I would say that the issue is fixed, I do have a couple of comments.
>

I'm glad things are working for you now.

> 1. Labelling the folders of the installed files with version i.e. grub2
> ver1.1 or Ubuntu 10.4.03 etc. on the installed system would help you and
> users keep track of what has been installed, particularly over time when
> trying to back track an issue. Worked well in the DOS Windows world, why
> not take advantage of this?
>

Well, it's wubi who makes the folders. Probably you should pass your
proposition to wubi developers.

> 2. I think that a windows users rather than a newbie "corner" be setup so
> entry into Linux/Ubuntu in this case is easier. For instance, it has never
> been necessary for me to know that only four operating system primary
> partitions are possible or that it is practice for may manufacturers to
> take up all these partitions with all their "stuff" and thus make it
> impossible to mount up another OS. I can only find tangential mention of
> this whole area of computing on the web and most of it is from a
> professional point of view, not explanation for users. It is also not
> mentioned anywhere that the windows user needs to shift the system to a
> static drive setup, change the partitions etc. to add Linux in this case
> Ubuntu. To top this all off windows only mentions this "situation" in one
> warning box and only the first time the user "bumps" into this issue. I
> worked as a "black box" tester for companies in the Northwest like
> Microsoft and they had a system for handling this data. It took me months
> and scanning virtual reams of information to piece together this
> information (I am a little obsessive) from the web and the Ubuntu site. If
> you want more adopters, not just gear heads, or insomniacs like me to use
> Linux this whole area of finding the data needs to be addressed. For the
> time being I would add a link on your site with information like this
> directed specifically to Windows users, a running data sheet if you will.
>

I think these are two separate issue. As for the 4 primary partitions
limit, I think everything is pretty good here: as I told before wubi
installations don't need any separate partition so they are not affected.
And if you are using Ubiquity (main Ubuntu installer) you only have two
choices: delete everything or do partitioning by hand. And in the latter
case you better know something about partitioning (or read the Installation
Guide) so 4 primary partitions limitation should be a problem.

As for the dynamic disks I think Wubi should detect this situation and stop
with an error.

Thanks for your feedback.

Regards, Ilya.