Can't boot to Ubuntu from Macbook

[huntermay85]

I have recently installed Ubuntu 8.10 on my macbook. Everything went great. The problem is switching between Ubuntu and OSX. The default OS is OS X and when I press and hold the "option" key at startup, it only sees the Mac OS X. Therefor, how do I boot to Ubuntu? Is there a program that I can install on the OS X to give me an option when booting.

I tried installing rEFIt on the OS X, but nothing happened. It still booted to OS X and gave me no options for ubuntu. any help would be great.

I have a Macbook 3.1 running OS X (although you probably knew that already) :)

[cyberdork33]

I have recently installed Ubuntu 8.10 on my macbook. Everything went great. The problem is switching between Ubuntu and OSX. The default OS is OS X and when I press and hold the "option" key at startup, it only sees the Mac OS X. Therefor, how do I boot to Ubuntu? Is there a program that I can install on the OS X to give me an option when booting.

I tried installing rEFIt on the OS X, but nothing happened. It still booted to OS X and gave me no options for ubuntu. any help would be great.

I have a Macbook 3.1 running OS X (although you probably knew that already) :)
You need to sync the partitions. Please check the FAQ. It is linked at the top of the forum:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=493393
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=767677

rEFIt is needed to sync the partitions. If it is not showing on bootup, then it did not install correctly and you probably need to use the manual installation option.
http://refit.sourceforge.net/doc/c1s1_install.html

[huntermay85]

You need to sync the partitions. Please check the FAQ. It is linked at the top of the forum:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=493393
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=767677

rEFIt is needed to sync the partitions. If it is not showing on bootup, then it did not install correctly and you probably need to use the manual installation option.
http://refit.sourceforge.net/doc/c1s1_install.html

hey thanks...i did the manual install in Mac OS X and everything worked great.

[cyberdork33]

great! Can you mark this thread as solved from the thread tools menu at the top of the page then?