Wubi vitual disk over WINXP do I need AV & firewall

Asked by scott_karsten

I am new to Linux.
I have two questions that I need help with.
I installed Wubi Ubuntu 7.04.04 as a virtual disk over WIN XP.
System is IBM P4 2.43MHz 160GB 1MB RAM GeForce FX5500 256MB memory.

1st question: do I need to run AV program & firewall in Ubuntu when I go online.
Since this is a virtual disk of Ubuntu is WINXP running in background and
am I protected by WINXP firewall & AV?

2nd question: When I installed Wubi Ubuntu I had three error codes.
The errors were.
[48.817779] ATA2.00: FAILED TO SET XFERMODE (er_mask=0X4)
[84.077648] ATA2.00: FAILED TO SET XFERMODE (er_mask=0X4)
[119.325558] ATA2.00: FAILED TO SET XFERMODE (er_mask=0X4)
Ubuntu seems to work OK (SORRY I meant fantastic ).
Is this something I need to correct???

Thank your in advance for any help you can give ! ! !

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mirak (mirak-mirak) said :
#1

wubi is not based on virtual technology, ubuntu will run directly on hardware.
you can install a firewall on ubuntu but that's not as mandatory as in windows

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scott_karsten (scott-karsten) said :
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When I installed Wubi Ubuntu I had three error codes.
The errors were.
[48.817779] ATA2.00: FAILED TO SET XFERMODE (er_mask=0X4)
[84.077648] ATA2.00: FAILED TO SET XFERMODE (er_mask=0X4)
[119.325558] ATA2.00: FAILED TO SET XFERMODE (er_mask=0X4)
Ubuntu seems to work OK (SORRY I meant fantastic ).
Is this something I need to correct???

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scott_karsten (scott-karsten) said :
#3

I understand the answer to 1st question.

My second question concerns error codes when I setup Ubuntu.
When I installed Wubi Ubuntu I had three error codes. The errors were.

[48.817779] ATA2.00: FAILED TO SET XFERMODE (er_mask=0X4)
[84.077648] ATA2.00: FAILED TO SET XFERMODE (er_mask=0X4)
[119.325558] ATA2.00: FAILED TO SET XFERMODE (er_mask=0X4)

Ubuntu seems to work OK ( I meant fantastic ).
Is this something I need to correct or is it a one time event.
I looked through the messages to see if there was an existing answer.
I could not find one.
Can some one answer my question.
Thank you!

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scott_karsten (scott-karsten) said :
#4

I understand about firewall and AV.