Wubi

system treats the harddisks as mountable devices

Asked by RIZA BAYOGLU

Hi

I am a new Ubuntu user. I was using windows till last 2 months and decided to use Linux. So I installed Ubuntu in drive D as a seperate operating system. It works fine, I can use both system selecting at the startup. At installation, Ubuntu partitioned a place for itself from the disk D. However, Ubuntu treats the harddisks C and D as new medias. So I thought this slows down the system.

My questions are that ;

1- How can I make the drives C & D as a part of the Ubuntu ( not a seperate volume ) ?
2- If I can manage 1, is it affects windows ? what ı should do for it ?

I want Ubuntu as the main operating system and windows as second where I can exchange datas between two.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Once you mount them to folders, they will be accessible seamlessly as folders in your OS. Ubuntu can read and write to NTFS so that is not a problem. If you add the partition (not drives) in /etc/fstab, they will mount at boot.

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RIZA BAYOGLU (r-bayoglu) said : 		#2

thank you for the answer. but I could not understand it completely. when ı click Place in the main menu, I see that 42 GB FILE SYSTEM (C) and 110 GB FILE SYSTEM (D). is that what you meant with mounting them to folders ? and how can ı add partition in /etc/fstab

sorry but ı am completley new to Linux.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

When you click those items, they are mouted by gvfs and a folder is made in ~/.gvfs to show them. If you want, you can run:

ln -s ~/.gvfs ~/Partitions

And you can access them easily. they do not mount automatically at boot though, that is what fstab is for. Do you still want the entries? There are countless guides online on how to add the partitions to fstab if you do :)

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RIZA BAYOGLU (r-bayoglu) said : 		#4

thank you. is there a way to increase the volume space that ubuntu partitioned for itself at installation ?

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RIZA BAYOGLU (r-bayoglu) said : 		#5

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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bcbc (bcbc) said : 		#6

If you want Ubuntu as your main OS then Wubi isn't the best choice. However whether you switch to a conventional dual boot or not is your choice.

Resize Wubi: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1625371
Migrate wubi to a normal dual boot: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1519354
Install fresh dual boot: http://members.iinet.net/~herman546/