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[LUG] WUBI-installed Ubuntu

 

A minor gripe with the WUBI-installed Ubuntu... the space available
cannot be made "dynamic".  I know if I install Ubuntu on the machine
properly then I can only have as much space as I give it, but I would
have envisioned that something that resides inside a file on another
filesystem would have the potential to "expand".

As an example, on my laptop I have a 160GB HDD.  I opted for 15GB when
I installed Ubuntu via WUBI... now I am wishing that I could use some
more space.

Now, I know I could do this manually be creating a new large, blank file
on the NTFS filesystem and giving the file a Linux filesystem, then
loopmounting it, rsyncing some part of the existing Linux filesystem
hierarchy (/home, for example) to it, then editing the fstab to have it
mounted upon boottime... but this is not something for the faint
hearted.

With major computer vendors stipulating that replacing the pre-installed
Windows OS invalidates their warranty, having a dynamically resizable
WUBI-based Linux install would be great for many users.

Gripe over.
Grant.

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