MacBook Pro - Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) + Mac OS X + Windows : Triple boot HOWTO

[phico]

Hello,

I have just reinstalled my MacBook Pro with triple boot including
Ubuntu 9.04 and give you the HowTo ..




Install Mac OS X

1. Put Mac OS X Leopard CD
2. Rebot and hold "C" key to launch installer
3. Open Disk Utility, erase partitions and create a new one for Mac OS X (I put 10G)
4. Install Mac OS X
5. Launch Mas OS X
6. Download refit from http://refit.sourceforge.net/
7. Install refit : double click "rEFIt.mkg" and follow instructions
8. reboot

Install Ubuntu 9.04

1. Put Ubuntu 9.04 CD
2. Reboot and choose linux CD in refit menu
3. Launch Ubuntu install
4. Select Advanced partition
5. Create one partition for linux (format ext3, / as boot)
6. Create one partition for windows (unformated)
7. Do NOT create swap partition as partitions are limited to 4 ..
8. At confirmation screen, click Advanced button
9. Choose to install Grub boot loader on the linux partition
   (NOT on the MBR because Windows can only do so ...)
10. Continue installation
11. Reboot
12. Start Partion Tool in refit and sync

Install Windows

1. Put Windows XP in CD
2. Reboot and choose Windows CD in refit menu
3. Launch Windows install
4. Choose the Windows partion defined before
5. Reboot and finish windows install
6. Put Mac OS X cd
7. Go to bootcamp directory and launch setup.exe this will install all windows drivers

Configure Ubuntu 9.04

This is for MacBook Pro 4.1

Graphic card :

1. Go to : System>Administration>Hardware Driver
2. Activate latest NVIDIA driver

Wireless :
Should work out of the box
If not :

1. System>Administration>Hardware Driver
2. Activate Broadcom driver

WebCam :
Work out of the box

Sound:

1. sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/options
2. add :

options snd_hda_intel model=mbp3

reboot

Keyboard fn keys:
Work out of the box, screen brightness, sound ..
Keyboard light does not work automatically
Manual solution by maffix in http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1141029
set on :

echo 255 | sudo tee -a /sys/class/leds/smc::kbd_backlight/brightness

(max = 255, min =0)

Bluetooth
Seems to work also .. at least I paired my phone

That's it!

[cyberdork33]

If you haven't already, please add info to the docs:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro4-1/Jaunty
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ma...elInstallation

[toxik_ca]

Thanks phico for your guide. With it I was able to install Jaunty on my 3.1 Macbook Pro. Note that I did not install Windows.

I had a 16GB partition created previously in Mac OS X using bootcamp utility. I updated ubuntu just after the installation with no problem.

Here are the modifications of phico's guide for Macbook Pro 3.1:

Install Ubuntu 9.04

1. Put Ubuntu 9.04 CD
2. Reboot and choose linux CD in refit menu
3. Launch Ubuntu install
4. Select Advanced partition
5. Create one partition for linux (format ext3, / as boot)
6. Create one partition for windows (unformated)
7. Do NOT create swap partition as partitions are limited to 4 ..
8. At confirmation screen, click Advanced button
9. Choose to install Grub boot loader on the linux partition
   (NOT on the MBR because Windows can only do so ...)
10. Continue installation
11. Reboot
    Note I did not use the partition tools since I used Bootcamp utility.

Configure Ubuntu 9.04
...

Use the config posted by phico except for the sound. Use the following configs for the Macbook Pro 3.1:

Sound:

1. sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
2. add :
   

   options snd_hda_intel model=mbp3

3. reboot

Remove mouseemu to have F11 and F12 keys behave as normal. This makes the Capslock LED works.

sudo apt-get remove mouseemu

Finally, use 3 fingers + click for right click.

Hope this help!

[311005901]

I did all of these steps exactly on my iMac. All installations went fine, except XP asked to set itself as the primary partition. I didn't see what the big deal was so I continued with the installation.

When I was done with the XP installation, my rEFIt only listed OSX and XP, forgetting the Ubuntu partition.

I tried to sync the MBP to get Ubuntu to show up, but rEFIt said it was already updated.

How do I get all three to appear on the rEFIt menu?

Edit: Also, my XP Home (SP1) partition seems to think it has less than 4 megabytes of free space on it (actually, it has ~98 gigs free). I tried to install the XP SP2 update from my iPod and it said that I can't install it because it doesn't have enough space. Why does it do this?

[311005901]

I hate to do this, but bump?

[cyberdork33]

I did all of these steps exactly on my iMac. All installations went fine, except XP asked to set itself as the primary partition. I didn't see what the big deal was so I continued with the installation.

When I was done with the XP installation, my rEFIt only listed OSX and XP, forgetting the Ubuntu partition.

It sounds like you had grub installed to the MBR (the default location) and then Windows overwrote it (as it does... without asking...). You need to reinstall grub to the root partition of your ubuntu install.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...3&postcount=11

[travamiel]

Will this work for the 2,1 MacBook Pro if I use the Ubuntu Community Documentation that cyberdork linked for setting up Ubuntu 9.04?

[311005901]

Thanks for the help, cyber!

I seem to have run into another problem: my screen goes black when I try to live boot using my Ubuntu Jaunty AMD 64 cd. The menu comes up and I select "Try without installing" and it sits there.

How do I reinstall grub without booting into Ubuntu?

[touann]

Anyone have tried to triple boot with windows 7?

Thank for the step by step with xp!

[cyberdork33]

Thanks for the help, cyber!

I seem to have run into another problem: my screen goes black when I try to live boot using my Ubuntu Jaunty AMD 64 cd. The menu comes up and I select "Try without installing" and it sits there.

How do I reinstall grub without booting into Ubuntu?

you can change the video options using the correct Fx key listed in the boot menu. Try changing that.