rEFIt problems triple boot
I just got a new mac book pro and i am trying to get OS X, Vista 32 bit, and Ubuntu 8.10 installed. I resized the hard drive with bootcamp and then installed vista and got it working. Then i installed ubuntu and made sure to install the grub to /dev/sda4 in my case. Any way all 3 icons appear on boot but the linux doesn't boot. It just goes black and never comes out. Here is my information from rEFIt partition tool:
*** Report for internal hard disk ***
Current GPT partition table:
# Start LBA End LBA Type
1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)
2 409640 453132327 Mac OS X HFS+
3 453396480 537040887 Basic Data
4 537040888 621439325 Basic Data
5 621439326 625142414 Linux Swap
Current MBR partition table:
# A Start LBA End LBA Type
1 1 409639 ee EFI Protective
2 409640 453132327 af Mac OS X HFS+
3 * 453396480 537040887 07 NTFS/HPFS
4 537040888 621439325 83 Linux
MBR contents:
Boot Code: Unknown, but bootable
Partition at LBA 40:
Boot Code: None (Non-system disk message)
File System: FAT32
Listed in GPT as partition 1, type EFI System (FAT)
Partition at LBA 409640:
Boot Code: None
File System: HFS Extended (HFS+)
Listed in GPT as partition 2, type Mac OS X HFS+
Listed in MBR as partition 2, type af Mac OS X HFS+
Partition at LBA 453396480:
Boot Code: Windows BOOTMGR (Vista)
File System: NTFS
Listed in GPT as partition 3, type Basic Data
Listed in MBR as partition 3, type 07 NTFS/HPFS, active
Partition at LBA 537040888:
Boot Code: GRUB
File System: ext3
Listed in GPT as partition 4, type Basic Data
Listed in MBR as partition 4, type 83 Linux
Partition at LBA 621439326:
Boot Code: None
File System: Unknown
Listed in GPT as partition 5, type Linux Swap
Does appear to be the correct setup? I can't see any problems with it and the linux still wont boot. HELP!!:)
Re: rEFIt problems triple boot
i actually have a triple boot system which i set up ages ago. from what i recall boot camp doesn't allow you to do it this way.
check out this link
http://http://lifein0and1.com/2007/0...-2-duo-part-1/
i still even have the printed instructions i used in the past in the office and if i remember when i get back i'll give you that link too.
Re: rEFIt problems triple boot
Re: rEFIt problems triple boot
Re: rEFIt problems triple boot
I had a similar problem when I first tried triple-booting my macbook. What I ended up doing (an overly complicated but successful solution) was restore the volume to one mac partition, resize the mac partition in disk utility, make 2 ubuntu partitions in the free space, erase one of the ubuntu partitions in the mac disk utility, then install windows on that. If all else fails, give that a shot.
