Wubi

  1. Bug #913354
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 913354

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bcbc (bcbc) wrote :

I burned the current beta (20120228 build) of the Edubuntu DVD. Burned it to a DVD and tried to run Wubi. The wubi menu did not include the "Install inside Windows" option, just the cd boot helper and third option.

I ran Wubi.exe with the --force option and it gave me the "install inside windows" option which I selected. It installed, but if you look in the log file it has an error that the "CD check failed, but ignoring because CD is beta". Further up it shows a debug message that the failure is: "wrong size: 2791157760 > 900000000". This will fail after release

Note that this appears the same as bug 925882, but that bug is slightly different because it's running wubi.exe standalone with the DVD ISO stored in the same directory. When run in this fashion the size check is a hard error, because it's performed in a different place (one where it's looking for valid ISOs instead of trying to use the 'active CD' (in this case DVD but Wubi assumes it's dealing with a CD).

Anyway... install is successful in Phase 1 within windows. Rebooting to see if I have a working Edubuntu install within Wubi.

The Phase 2 install (ubiquity) is supposed to be unattended however it prompts with "Edubuntu installation options (part 1)" offering the "Gnome fallback interface" and "LTSP". I click on "Continue"
Then "Edubuntu installation options (part 2)" is presented with various grade level options for application bundles. I click "Continue". Proceeded with the Install Slideshow.

The installation takes a long time... there's a lot of "Removing language-pack..." at the end (in the syslog). There're 1227 lines in /var/log/syslog that contain the string 'language-pack'. That's a lot of ...

Finally, it ends and reboots, and I can boot into a successful Wubi Edubuntu install. Immediately I get a warning about low space. Since I chose the minimum 5GB install, and it's using 98% already.

I'll attach the logs shortly.

CONCLUSION:
1. Some changes to wubi.exe are required to install from a DVD (using --force isn't a good option).
2. There has to be a bypass on the 900000000 byte size check, at least for Edubuntu.
3. There may have to be a bump to the minimum install size for edubuntu. 5GB is not enough.