Install thru wubi then remove windows?

I'm not sure about wubi installation but if you want to have ubuntu as the only operating system why not installing it properly again ?

How WUBI works is by creating a large file inside the Windows NTFS partition (where Windows stores its files), and using that file as a simulated drive. You could certainly remove the option of booting Windows from the Grub menu, but depending on what you mean by "remove windows", you would also be removing Ubuntu.

Frankly, I'm surprised that the Ubuntu kernel doesn't support your SATA controller. Have you tried using a LiveCD to see if it can read your hard drives? If it does, you may have another issue.

If you go the LiveCD route, and Jaunty doesn't support your SATA controller, you might see if the yet-alpha Karmic LiveCD can use your HDD. If not, you might file a bug before Karmic goes to beta.

Hi :)

The LiveCd route is a good plan. I think the problem is the SATA drives are a raid array. This links to a previous question where we were trying to deal with Will's sata drives
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/81175

To see other questions that a person is involved in just click on their name, it's written in blue as a link? As you will see Will's right about the sata controller being very awkward at the moment. Hopefully it migh be ok in Karmic. While karmic is still alpha it will soon be going up to beta testing. There's no dead-line on testing Karmic except that it's probably better to do this before Karmic gets released

Regards from
Tom :)

I can't use the regular install because the liveCD doesn't support my integrated intel sata ports. I just wanted to check this before I go buy a cheap controller from Newegg.

Hi, i am sorry i haven't got much advice. I found these guides, maybe one of them might be helpful but i really don't know my way around hardware issues

https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/installation-guide/i386/ch02s04.html
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/installation-guide/i386/hardware-supported.html
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardwareCompatibilityRemixes

I would really ask this question in a few other forums such as
http://www.linuxquestions.org
http://ubuntuforums.org/

Hopefully between the 3 of us we should be able to give you something useful!
Good luck, apols and regards from
Tom :)

I fixed my problem. i used 6.06 instead and will gradually update.

For some reason 6.06 likes me :)

Hi :)

Glad to hear that :) Can you make a dual-boot with 2 separate installs of it. Then upgrade the first 1 and still be able to use the 2nd one?

This guide got updated a couple of days ago :)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades/Dapper

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

Yeah, the upgrading is going fine to 8.04. I just hope it doesn't screw it up again if I upgrade it all the way to 9.04

Hi :)

I would definitely recommend installing a multi-boot so that you have 2 separate Ubunts each on a separate partition. If you make it and find something worth adding in to the guides then feel free to edit the community documentation. Anything to make it easier for the next person would be great :)

Good luk either way though!
Regards from
Tom :)