can anyone guide me how to install wubi on W8.1. I have heard that there is a UEFI related issue on W8.1.
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6WUBI is not maintained or recomended. Either try a virtual machine or a real install. – xangua Feb 21 '16 at 14:50
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2Avoid Wubi or try a community supported version from here. – ngng Feb 21 '16 at 15:13
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To the people voting to close the question: It's important to keep it, so other users can know Wubi's not supported. Please keep it open. – Eduardo Cola Feb 21 '16 at 15:37
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@Eduardo Cola I agree with you that this question should not be closed. I am currently working with a Wubi installed Lubuntu 15.10. I use Wubi on a preinstalled Windows 8.1. – ngng Feb 21 '16 at 15:47
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2Possible duplicate of Windows installer for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS onwards – DJCrashdummy Feb 22 '16 at 09:05
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Last hour, I installed Lubuntu 14.04.4 with Wubi on a preinstalled Windows 8.1 for a friend. It worked without problems. These were the neccessary steps for me, which could be also a guide for you.
- Download
I downloaded lubuntu-14.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso from official release site and wubi14044r302.exe from the community supported Wubi site
- Run Wubi
I ran wubi14044r302.exe from my Windows download folder. In the same folder was the downloaded iso. I chose Lubuntu, user name and password and because there was only one Windows drive, I selected "C:"
- Installation
I pressed button "Install" and because I downloaded iso manually, no further download was needed and only few minutes later, I rebooted the system.
- UEFI firmware
I pressed the function key I read in the online manual of the notebook. Then I saw a menu entry with "Windows Boot Manager" and "Lubuntu". I selected "Lubuntu".
- Secure Boot
I saw an error message "access denied" but I could perform MokManager and imported the MOK key. After that I selected "continue" but it booted into Windows. After a second reboot I selected again "Lubuntu" and now the installation was completed.
- Completing installation
No further issues, I just waited about 10 minutes until a third reboot. I selected again "Lubuntu" and now I saw the freshly installed system.
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