For me, with Bootcamp as the partition solution, I would get a Windows startup icon while holding down the option key too, but pre-resync I would be brought to a "no operating system found" error on...
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For me, with Bootcamp as the partition solution, I would get a Windows startup icon while holding down the option key too, but pre-resync I would be brought to a "no operating system found" error on...
When I used refit's partition tool to sync the mbr, the behavior went from displaying the blank screen with white text "no bottable device" error, to sitting on a grey screen with the penguin image...
I have. No luck. I even got a new error screen I had never seen before.
After Boot Camp split my drive into two partitions, I booted the live ubuntu cd and ran gparted. It showed that Bootcamp...
Klondike, the only thing I've done differently is not use Bootcamp.
When I let refit sync the mbr, it displays an error about gtpar(something).efi, and says "won't touch this disk".
Does...
sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255...
Ok, I'm in the advanced section to see where GRUB is going. The installation summary screen says that I'm installing to partition #3 and #4 of SCSI3 (0,1,0)(sda) as ext3 and swap.
But in the...
Thanks cyberdork33. I'm off to try just that.
I have tried the option key technique after each ubuntu installation attempt, and 'windows' never appeared as a boot choice. We'll see if that...
That's what I kept trying to do, but I didn't go to advanced.
Do I have to change the partition format from OS X at all? It's ok to stick with GUID in the options section of Disk Utility when the...
mrsteveman1, what kinds of steps are required to tell a linux system to use a swap file on the main partition instead of a dedicated swap partition?
I've since gone back to one partition for OS X until my next attempt, but here goes:
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: ...
Good to know. If you figure it out before I do, be sure to share. :) I'll do the same.
mrsteveman1, doesn't Ubuntu need two partitions for itself, one for the OS+software (ext2) and the other for virtual memory (SWAP) ? So there would be:
EFI
OS X
ext2
swap
(I'm not saying I...
Before I let refit update the tables, I would bet a black screen with "no bootable device" errors. When I let refit update the tables, it wouldn't get past the centered penguin on grey background...
I noticed it installing GRUB at the end of its install process. It may not have marked the boot partition as bootable.
The CD shows up in the Startup disk part of System prefs now too. All that is solved.
Not that I can get it installed and booting, even with refit. :)
From the live cd, I used gpartition to...
8X was as low as Disk Utility would allow.
I managed to boot finally. I had to hold down the OPTION key to get the CD to show up as a choice, and then I booted from there. My Mac's been doing that...
Yep, I get the same non-booting result from the AMD64 iso. I'll try burning at 8x instead of 24x this time.
I have an intel dual core MacBook from last year.
I downloaded ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso, burned it using Toast, and let the verification complete. No problems.
I put the disc in, reset the...