Installing Ubuntu 14.0.4 on the Win7 machine

Toss it for two days and share the experience.

I need to install Ubuntu 14.0.4 (co-exist) on a machine that already has Win7 installed, and I've been working on a couple of options to get down to it and share the experience:

Mode 1:wubi.exe, install Ubuntu to the specified Windows partition

I use this method after the installation, the start of Ubuntu every time the root directory "/" Disk check error, ignore the error after the "/tmp" does not exist such as errors, in short, do not analyze the advantages and disadvantages of this method. Not recommended. The installation method references the following connection.

Http://www.cnblogs.com/ericsun/archive/2012/11/16/2772551.html

Method 2: Install using a DVD or USB flash drive

Online Search a circle, many people recommend using UltraISO to do a U disk startup, in fact, there is absolutely no need (PS, seemingly >4g of the U disk can not be formatted as FAT32 format, when formatted only NTFS and EXFAT options, and UltraISO requires FAT32 format to do Linux boot)

Later I installed the method of success is to use the official web-based method of advice.

Https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick#Creating_a_bootable_Ubuntu_USB_flash_drive_from_Windows

Note that this installation requires unallocated space on the hard disk (the above Wubi.exe needs to be installed to the specified partition). In Disk Management, you can right-click a volume (such as D) and select Compress volume to cut out a portion of the space from the D drive.

Ubuntu installed in this way will let the user choose to boot into Ubuntu or Windows when it is launched.

The advantage is that Windows or Linux systems use all of the computer's cpu/memory and run efficiently.

The disadvantage is that switching between systems requires a reboot, and information sharing between the two systems is inconvenient.

Way to run virtual machines in 3:win7 (VirtualBox, VMware)

I used the VirtualBox. Installation method does not repeat, online tutorials a lot.

This is the last way I used Ubuntu, because of the following advantages:

[1] windows and Ubuntu running simultaneously, switching system does not need to restart

[2] Sharing files between the two systems, the Clipboard is more convenient. Another important reason is that my goagent configuration on Ubuntu has been unsuccessful (can visit Facebook but not Google). And I need Google frequently when I work on Ubuntu. So using VirtualBox way, I can work on Google, Ubuntu in Win7.

[3] If you change the computer, it is convenient to migrate the virtual image to the new machine;

Of course, the main disadvantages are:

[1] for Computer Configuration requirements (I 8G memory of the computer, assigned 4G to the virtual machine running Ubuntu, so I run some large programs in Ubuntu is more fluent;

[2] Ubuntu is not running efficiently because it is a virtual environment after all. But for me, the main thing is to build a development environment, performance is not a big problem.