Ralph Angenendt wrote: > Ned Slider wrote: >> Sven wrote: >>> On 8/12/08, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote: >>>> Now the question: is there anyway to get something similar for CentOS ? or >>>> is there a process that someone might follow to achieve the same or similar >>>> result ? >>> I am just curious. What is the use case for Wubi based installation of >>> CentOS? IMHO is the CentOS installation process (also the Ubuntu one) >>> very user friendly. The problem for most Windows users is the >>> operation and daily use of Linux. They don't wish to use command line >>> and miss their favorite software (Dreamweaver, Photoshop, etc). >> I agree - I think that whilst features like this may be appealing to the >> goals of Ubuntu, they do not necessarily match the goals of the CentOS >> project. Anyone capable of installing that other popular OS should not >> have any problems with the CentOS installer. New users tend to struggle >> more with the concepts of disk partitioning, freeing space for the >> installation (if performing a dual boot install which is presumably the >> target audience for such an installer) and generally using the software >> once installed. I think anyone that *needs* a WUBI-type installer is >> going to struggle to configure and use CentOS once installed. > > I think you both are missing the point: Wubi is *not* about installing > CentOS (or rather Ubuntu) from Windows, it is installing the linux > system *under* Windows into a disk image and then starting from that > disk image out of the windows boot manager. No partitioning required and > if you want to remove your linux, you just remove the two disk images it > creates (and the boot entry). > Right, thanks Ralph for the clarification. > >> JMHO, but I would think other stuff like a ServerCD (or rebuilding >> FastTrack packages) would be higher on the project's list of priorities. > > Same here. > > Ralph >