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   From: "Mike Easter"    
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   Subject: Re: Where to start?   
   Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 11:28:05 -0800   
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   X-Trace: DXC=F17ZhjN;F; My kids just gave me back my old Win98 machine and I'm setting it up   
   > as a media center to the HiFi and TV - I've got it (somewhat flakily)   
   > working OK on a 'g' wireless network.   
   > I'll get it running a bit better in win then convert it to Ubuntu and   
   > when that is working OK I will convert my main PC. Though I too will   
   > have to keep a win partition for win only maintenance manuals etc.   
      
   What is also currently evolving is the ability to install Ub from Win   
   without partitioning.   
      
   The discussion in the forum of testers and developers starts here   
   http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=338279  Windows based   
   installer - testers and developers wanted   
      
   .... which starts 3 weeks ago and goes on for 48 pages to the present   
      
   The prototype presentation in the wiki is here   
   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/install.exe/Prototype and then here   
   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/install.exe   
      
   The idea is   
      
      
     We have a development version of a Windows based installer for Ubuntu   
   which is designed to be:   
   very simple to use   
   provide a no-risk installation   
   no repartitioning the hard disk   
   no changing the windows boot loader   
   Easy uninstallation.   
   Low risk   
   Doesn't use a virtual machine   
   Doesn't significantly reduce performance of the resulting installation   
   Resulting installation supports everything a normal install does.   
   Fast install   
      
      
   The forum thread sez that the current version doesn't apply to Win98,   
   but that some consideration will be given to the possibility of W98   
   support.  It is possible the W98 support has been developed;  I didn't   
   read all 48 pages in the forum.   
      
   --    
   Mike Easter   
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