go back to mac osx help!!!

[reem]

Im new to ubunto so downloaded it and installed it on my macbook and i believe that in the pertition part i didnt seperated it to osx and ubunto and now its impossible to get back to osx.
if someone knows how i can get back to osx and still save my files i would like to hear about it thanks

[gilgongo]

Did you back up your stuff off the OSX install before you did this? If so, it may be easier simply to re-install from scratch.

[reem]

no i didnt backup anything is there any possibility to do it via the ubuntu?

[gilgongo]

So you have Ubuntu running? If so, can you show me what you get if you open a terminal and type:

df -h

[reem]

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 491M 33M 458M 7% /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/volatile
tmpfs 491M 33M 458M 7% /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/volatile
varrun 491M 100K 491M 1% /var/run
varlock 491M 0 491M 0% /var/lock
udev 491M 124K 491M 1% /dev
devshm 491M 0 491M 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 491M 2.8M 488M 1% /tmp
/dev/sda1 71G 2.0G 66G 3% /media/disk
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

this is what i got

[gilgongo]

Hm. You appear to have everything (71Gig) on one main partition (mounted on /media/disk for some reason).

Unless I've missed something, I think you have erased your OSX installation. If anyone else is reading this, can they give a second opinion on this? I may not be the expert on this.

[reem]

i really think that this is what happened. but is that means that all my files went with that?
cause if yes i will just go to disk utility on mac and erase the hard disk and reinstall. please give me your best advice on that, thanks

[gilgongo]

Well, in theory you *may* be able to access the data. Try Googleing around for a rescue disk - but I think in practice it'll be easier to simply re-install.

[tchorix]

Hi reem,

I guess you just erased your macosx partition when you installed Ubuntu. This issue has been discussed in this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=460677

After trying to recover you data (I'm not sure is possible), you better reinstall macosx, resize your disc, and then install Ubuntu following this tutorial: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook
Over there you will find good instructions about how to partition your disk.

cheers
Tch