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Swanny
June 19th, 2007, 01:51 PM
I just finished installing the latest version of Ubuntu on my macbook
I followed the community article on it and I did everything ok, as ubuntu works great
My only problem is that now ubuntu is for some reason the default OS and refit doesn't come up when I reboot. When I turn on my computer it makes the OSX chimes sound when you normally boot up, theres a white screen for about 40ish seconds, and then it immediatly boots into Ubuntu!
Help would be greatly appreciated

BTW: I run a 2.0 Ghz White Macbook, 1 gig RAM, 120 gig HD

ronocdh
June 19th, 2007, 03:05 PM
I just finished installing the latest version of Ubuntu on my macbook
I followed the community article on it and I did everything ok, as ubuntu works great
My only problem is that now ubuntu is for some reason the default OS and refit doesn't come up when I reboot. When I turn on my computer it makes the OSX chimes sound when you normally boot up, theres a white screen for about 40ish seconds, and then it immediatly boots into Ubuntu!
Help would be greatly appreciated

BTW: I run a 2.0 Ghz White Macbook, 1 gig RAM, 120 gig HD
You may've reformatted completely. It's not at all certain, but it is a possibility. Try booting to your OS X installation DVD and seeing whether it recognizes the installation present. If it doesn't, well... that's bad news. :-#

ivesjd
June 20th, 2007, 12:39 PM
Hold down the "Option" key when you boot and see if OS X is an option. You will probably have to run the enable script for refit once you boot to OS X again. Hope that helps