dmg sofware for partition choice

[lex1]

what is the name of the sofware for mac that gives a choice of partitions or os'es on starup?


lex1:popcorn:

[zanak]

rEFIt i gess

[cyberdork33]

you can also just hold the option key on startup

[lex1]

thanks for that

but i am having difficulty installing ubuntu

i have three partitions

one has OS X tiger 10.4.10

the other two one is unix one is fat

i am trying to install ubuntu on one and windows on the other

bootcamp is not available for tiger.

thanks for any feed back.

lex1

[cyberdork33]

What is the goal you have? what do you plan to use the FAT partition for?

Basically all you need to do is

boot the Ubuntu LiveCD.
Start the "Partition Editor" (Gparted) from the menus
Select the partition you want to use for Ubuntu and delete it.
Exit the Partition Editor
Start the Ubuntu Installer
When given the option, choose to "Install to Free Space"

[lex1]

Thanks for your post

well my son from time to time needs a windows box so that fat partition would be for xp it can be
ntfs.

lex1:popcorn:

[cyberdork33]

Thanks for your post

well my son from time to time needs a windows box so that fat partition would be for xp it can be
ntfs.

lex1:popcorn:In that case, you would probably be better off reading one of the "triple-boot" guides in the forums. There are considerations that need to be made for windows because of the limitations of the BIOS emulation.

[lex1]

an alternative would be to place vmware in unbuntu or mac partition but that defats the object i will look around for triple booting

lex1

ps

saw this i am runnunig 10.4.8 also you can see the next thread one gey did it on a imac i do not have bootcamp but i have the drivers that xp needs
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=187465&highlight=MacBook+triple+boot+success