Mattaus
July 17th, 2008, 10:35 PM
Hi all,
I had a previous thread regarding installing Ubuntu using rEFIt. Well I got that working (after the whole freezing on the tux logo etc problems were sorted) but now I'm trying to figure out how to access the Linux partition from OS X (and hopefully vice versa)
I found this tutorial through the guide to installing Ubuntu on a Macbook Pro:
Hi all! This is my first blog so I’ve though of sharing some info regarding accessing a Linux partition from a Mac and mounting it on OS X startup ツ
Install Mac Fuse - MacFUSE-Core-10.5-1.5.1.dmg
There’s an app for automating the proccess but it doesn’t work on Leopard, notice that you have to install it anyway! - http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsx/
Simply Go to “Utilities” and open the “Terminal.app” , and type in : “sudo pico /etc/rc.common”
Go down to the bottom of the file, and type in a new line the command: “mkdir /Volumes/Linux && mount_ext2 -o rdonly -x /dev/disk0s4 /Volumes/Linux”
where “/dev/disk0s4″ - Its your linux partition
and “/Volumes/Linux” - Its your mount location
and to save the file press “CTRL+X” and type “Y” and press “ENTER”
I did that but it hasn’t worked. I actually just copied it word for word as I'm no good with partitions and what not. so the linux partition and mount location are quite probably wrong (I'm still learning!) Anyway - I installed Ubuntu EXACTLY as described in this tutorial: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro (second method with rEFIt) so even my partitions are exactly as listed in that tutorial.
So my question is, what should the added line on MY MBP look like? Another question is I noticed it mentions read only. Can this be changed so I can read and write to both disks in BOTH OS's?
Any help in regards to this matter would be muchly appreciated. I'll keep looking for a solution in the mean times.
Cheers.
I had a previous thread regarding installing Ubuntu using rEFIt. Well I got that working (after the whole freezing on the tux logo etc problems were sorted) but now I'm trying to figure out how to access the Linux partition from OS X (and hopefully vice versa)
I found this tutorial through the guide to installing Ubuntu on a Macbook Pro:
Hi all! This is my first blog so I’ve though of sharing some info regarding accessing a Linux partition from a Mac and mounting it on OS X startup ツ
Install Mac Fuse - MacFUSE-Core-10.5-1.5.1.dmg
There’s an app for automating the proccess but it doesn’t work on Leopard, notice that you have to install it anyway! - http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsx/
Simply Go to “Utilities” and open the “Terminal.app” , and type in : “sudo pico /etc/rc.common”
Go down to the bottom of the file, and type in a new line the command: “mkdir /Volumes/Linux && mount_ext2 -o rdonly -x /dev/disk0s4 /Volumes/Linux”
where “/dev/disk0s4″ - Its your linux partition
and “/Volumes/Linux” - Its your mount location
and to save the file press “CTRL+X” and type “Y” and press “ENTER”
I did that but it hasn’t worked. I actually just copied it word for word as I'm no good with partitions and what not. so the linux partition and mount location are quite probably wrong (I'm still learning!) Anyway - I installed Ubuntu EXACTLY as described in this tutorial: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro (second method with rEFIt) so even my partitions are exactly as listed in that tutorial.
So my question is, what should the added line on MY MBP look like? Another question is I noticed it mentions read only. Can this be changed so I can read and write to both disks in BOTH OS's?
Any help in regards to this matter would be muchly appreciated. I'll keep looking for a solution in the mean times.
Cheers.