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I am trying to install a dual boot with windows 7. Old wubi does the job but i have password problems. It doesn't accept my password after setup. I chose password from wubi . I had to install twice to see if i did something wrong. It just doesn't accept. I can only login as a guest and it doesn't give many permission.

One thing is suspicious. I have access the settings of ubuntu from windows, so i can see user name and encrypted password. Even i choose the same password on two install encrypted passwords are different.

I know it is EOL product but what is going on with Wubi? How do i install this with something similar to wubi?

atilkan
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  • Please just don't use WUBI, if you don't want to do a real install then consider using a virtual machine. – xangua Jul 27 '15 at 03:07
  • I want to do a real install but i can't manage my disk. I have free space but to install it should be unallocated. I couldn't manage that. – atilkan Jul 27 '15 at 03:16
  • Many Windows 7 systems use all 4 primary partitions. Or some users try to add partitions using Windows and Windows converts to its own proprietary dynamic partitions which will not work with Linux. Post this: sudo parted -l – oldfred Jul 27 '15 at 03:43
  • Maybe, your Wubi version is too old. Did it download a broken version of 13.04? https://bugs.launchpad.net/wubi/+bug/1152708 – ngng Jul 27 '15 at 15:00
  • yes, it installed 13.04, probably broken. – atilkan Jul 29 '15 at 05:43

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Solution: Old Wubi versions have bugs but i have found a solution from a forum post at ubuntuforums.org i can't find the same post but i have the links to patched files. This files are working. I tried the wubi from this link and worked.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6uqomp8l1frcd1y/AAAhSCimTaYE-94egbmc1X_na?dl=0

Thanks to hakuna_matata

atilkan
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  • Even this is correct answer, i don't recommend doing this. I get a lot of error and problems. Please do a clean boot install by using a USB. – atilkan Oct 27 '15 at 01:57
  • What kind of errors and problems do you mean? I also don't recommend Wubi but these Wubi versions are definitely not the reason. – ngng Oct 27 '15 at 15:17
  • It is not stable. I don't remember the errors exacly but it was really annoying. After 2 days, I made a clean install. I am not very experienced on the issue. – atilkan Oct 27 '15 at 17:09
  • If I speak from my own experience it is stable. I have always a back-up of my root.disk but I have never needed it. An install of 15.04 is about 6 months old and I installed 15.10, too. My issue was only to install it and these Wubi versions solved the issue. But I think that these versions don't solve general Wubi drawbacks. e.g.: the file system is less stable especially if you have freezes and don't use Magic_SysRq_Key – ngng Oct 27 '15 at 21:04
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Your password issue is a problem of outdated Wubi versions. If it is your wish to use an old Wubi version that works without password issue, try lastest version for 12.04: http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/wubi.exe

In your case (Windows is not in UEFI mode) it should work.

ngng
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  • You know the error but solution. Thanks anyways. I am writing solution here. – atilkan Jul 31 '15 at 12:50
  • IMHO Wubi version for 12.04.5 should be the easiest official solution. Of course, you can also use Wubi version for 14.04 (http://releases.ubuntu.com/trusty/wubi.exe) but there are other issues like http://askubuntu.com/questions/453411/ubuntu-14-04-not-booting-after-error-message-tmp-could-not-be-mounted

    It is also possible to use unofficial Wubi versions linked in some workarounds of hakuna_matata (I read http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2251986&p=13162861#post13162861) but unfortunately, these versions are still unoffical. I thought in your case it was not necessary to use them.

     – ngng Jul 31 '15 at 18:36