Hi, I got it fixed. I was using the Wubi.exe installer from the website, and it was downloading the wrong version. Now that you have asked the question, I am not sure. I know it wasnt the i386 version. Once you got past the initial install, it said it was installing the other version. I had actually installed it once, and couldnt use the deb installer, which is how I came to first realise, then I uninstalled it, then redownloaded the installer, then tried again, and that was when I saw what it was downloading. I could not get the i386 installer, even though the machine I was using is a 32bit machine it was downloading the 64bit version. I think there might be something wrong with the wubi.exe installer on the wubi site.
I eventually found out that you can install it via the disk. I didnt realise first of all that it would show if you didnt restart the laptop, just insert the disc and let it run. Once I found that it worked, and now I have the right version, and its working. Its also updated really well too, plus I have the right software sources updated and installed. I am having a few problems with flash stuff, and I know the flash player is installed, but its very slow. Which is strange as its quite a fast machine. I was very impressed with the way it works on a vista machine though, which is a surprise. I know its not the best way to have Ubuntu installed, but for a beginner who is not good with partitioning, its a very good way to get used to Ubuntu. Sorry if that sounds a bit waffly. I hope you can understand what I'm saying. John. Harry Rickards wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 05/17/09 08:06, Gordon wrote: > >> John wrote: >> >>> I am trying to install Ubuntu 9.04 on a vista machine. I got to the >>> install bit, and it showed that it was installing amd68 not i386. >>> >> Where did you see that and how are you trying to install WUBI? (I have >> the same setup and didn't see any message about this at all....) >> >> >> > Are you sure it didn't say amd64, not amd68? > > - -- > Many thanks > Harry Rickards > > - -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.1 > GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C++++ UL++++ P- L+++ E--- W+++ N o K+ > w--- O- M- V- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t 5 X R tv-- b+++ DI D---- G e* h! !r y? > - ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkoP6PcACgkQ1kZz3mRu0Gp1XwCgrB2guFpcVDQgP2uvfimnNRmh > AWMAnjGAeFnrx5gPlQolIWQymsZFTFQA > =me9f > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
