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fork of Wubi (https://launchpad.net/wubi) for UEFI support and for support of recent Ubuntu releases
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Do not crash if metalink file could not get downloaded #148

Open Mannshoch opened 5 years ago

Mannshoch commented 5 years ago

I tried to install 19.04 i386 ubuntu netboot with wubi but wubi do crash if there is no internet connection for downloading the metalink.

my wubi command: --32bit --isopath="c:\mini.iso" --skipmd5check --nobittorrent --size="3500"

Release: Wubi for Ubuntu 18.04.2 (rev 333)

hakuna-m commented 5 years ago

Netboot ISO has never been supported by Wubi(uefi). So I marked it as enhancement.

Mannshoch commented 5 years ago

Thank you. Does Ubuntu not use the same EFI on all images? I thought that replacing an existing ISO should work if I suppress the md5 check and block the Internet.

hakuna-m commented 5 years ago

Wubi(uefi) configuration for ISO files needs Ubiquity on ISO.

--skipmd5check does not suppress all file checks. If necessary files do not exist, it still fails. The section "Various distros/versions" contains an overview of necessary files. If all necessary files exist, md5sum check is an additional check to avoid using corrupted files.
--nobittorrent does not suppress all internet downloads. If you disable bittorrent downloads, Wubi(uefi) uses direct downloads.

Mannshoch commented 5 years ago

Thank you for the clarification. My situation is that I need an I386 EFI and at the end at least a 4.2 Kernel for the touchscreen display. Now I tried Cinamon from https://linuxmint.com. With the above command I only get an 1GB size for the installation.

hakuna-m commented 5 years ago

My situation is that I need an I386 EFI

As most devices with 32 bit EFI also have 64 bit CPU, a 64 bit ISO with 32 bit EFI bootloader is possible.

Wubiuefi checks the Windows EFI bootloader. If it is a 32 bit one, it installs a 32 bit EFI bootloader.If it is a 64 bit one, it installs a 64 bit EFI bootloader.

Wubiuefi also checks the architecture of the CPU. If it supports 32 bit only, it installs a 32 bit ISO.If it supports 64 bit too, it installs a 64 bit ISO. You can force a 32 bit ISO with argument --32bit.