Cant boot into natty via WUBI

Asked by pschonmann

Hi i has installed Ubuntu 10.10 via WUBI, today i want try some new 11.04. I updated via update-manager -d everything was ok, i rebooted, but after select Ubuntu ive got NTFS5: hd(0,0) _ (blinking cursor )

I said ok, its beta, something goes wrong with upgrading. I uninstalled Ubuntu from remove programs via windows, downloaded latest daily build and installed. Then same situations occurs.

Something wrong happend with grub/loader ? How to fix it ? im not able to type anything but cursor is blinking :)

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said :
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Natty is an very early stage so is not for a casual user plus testing a Ubuntu installed with Wubi is really not a good way...

Simply remove Ubuntu from Windows... disinstall it...

Please install Ubuntu alongside Windows as not casual dualboot users do...

If you want install Natty (not suggested as i guess you are not an experienced user) please download the alpha release from here.

http://ubuntu-news.org/2010/12/02/natty-alpha-1-released/

but please consider to install a stable release... Ubuntu 10.10 if you want to try natty please install

virtualbox-ose package on Ubuntu 10.10 and install natty on a virtual pc

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pschonmann (pschonmann) said :
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I want to improve wubi/ubuntu. I have installed natty on NTB (singleboot) works fine. But i think ubuntu should be able to boot in every phase of development.

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pschonmann (pschonmann) said :
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Not working ubuntu is on my desktop pc with w7x64

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bcbc (bcbc) said :
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Wubi does not work yet in Natty. An upgraded 10.10 to Natty should work. If you are having problems booting it, see Problem #2, Solution #1 in this thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1639198 (it should work the same, even though it's a current 10.04 issue)

I got an Alpha 1 Wubi natty to boot http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1636138 - it's not a practical workaround.

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