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   From: flatfish+++    
   Organization: mariana.trench   
   Subject: Re: install ubuntu inside XP   
   Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
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   On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 15:59:22 +0000, ed wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:28:13 +1000   
   > "Deaf Frets"  wrote:   
   >    
   >> What a brilliant innovation! An installer that creates an ubuntu disk   
   >> image inside a windows NTFS filesystem. Should introduce linux to a   
   >> whole new market of people (people who would like to try it, but   
   >> don't want to re partition their disks.)   
   >>    
   >> http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=338279   
   >    
   > " Quote:   
   >   2. No need to partition; no chance of data loss.   
   > Linux on NTFS? What could possibly go wrong..."   
      
   Yea exactly....Key words NTFS + Linux.   
      
   This is actually the part that scares me:   
      
   "Currently there is a prototype of the installer. see   
   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/install.exe/Prototype for download and install   
   instructions."   
      
   The wise person would wait for the released version when, and if it ever   
   becomes available.   
      
   Better to play it safe and use a LiveCD.   
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