On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Michael McDonald <mikencolleen@gmail.com> wrote:

Just did a test install of Ubuntu within Windows. �It's a very easy
installation and one that an "average" computer user could cope with.
The downside, of course, is that Ubuntu is at the mercy of the Windows
files system. �That shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Buoyed by that success, I tried it to do it with Windows 7 Beta. �No
such luck! �Microsoft has changed the boot system and as a result
Ubuntu won't boot to finish the installation. �It's possible there are
a few hacks to get around that. �I haven't done any research. �No
doubt Canonical will devise a way of making it work with Windows 7. �I
suspect an attempt to do a "manual" install of Ubuntu would result in
Windows 7 no longer booting.

Michael

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