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MacBook install: triple boot: linux, windows, Mac OS - jahromico

jahromico — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:24:34 -0700

my macbook not active keyboard

MacBook install: triple boot: linux, windows, Mac OS - John B.

John B. — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:30:43 -0700

Brilliant site! I have already installed XP using bootcamp and installed rEFIt today while just playing around. A couple of months ago I created a Ubuntu disc and played around with it on a desktop, but would like to learn more Linux on my Macbook. Now for the questions--
1)What is the procedure for installing Ubuntu after the above described procedure?
2)In the following passage you wrote---
During the install I deleted the new partition and added two in place:

* One root partition /

* One swap 1GB

* Finish everything, reboot

You should be careful to install your grub in your linux partition and NOT in the MBR, to let reFit do it correctly.---
will this all be self evident? I know the definition of a grub, but can you be a bit more descriptive on this step?
3)Lastly, to install the drivers for the wireless modem, do you simply type all of that code in the terminal on Ubuntu?

Thanks a bunch--I hope to be able to learn a hundreth of what you know about Linux!!

MacBook install: triple boot: linux, windows, Mac OS - Matt

Matt — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:04:41 -0700

Hi, I am having a little trouble understanding how to do this. I have a 13" Macbook running leopard and have tried to install windows xp pro sp2 using the bootcamp program but after windows has installed and my mac reboots I try to boot into windows and it comes up with error some file missing or something. I had figured out how to get around this by installing a fresh tiger and then running bootcamp on that and windows worked fine. All had to do was update into leopard and the windows partition remained, but now I want to install ubuntu and windows??

Matt

MacBook install: triple boot: linux, windows, Mac OS - JBK

JBK — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:58:19 -0700

I would suggest that you install Linux but install grub on your linux partition and NOT in your MBR.

Mark this partition as active and reFit should play it fine.

MacBook install: triple boot: linux, windows, Mac OS - Andrew Pennebaker

Andrew Pennebaker — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:37:01 -0700

Originally, I had Tiger. Then I installed rEFIt and Ubuntu Linux. I decided one day to try to add Windows Vista. Eventually, it installed. However, rEFIt no longer displayed Linux as an option to boot to. When I synced the GPT and MBR tables, Vista would no longer boot. Both Linux and Vista became unusable, and every tool (gparted, etc.) showed Vista as empty space, like it had never existed.

Now, I've wiped and installed Leopard, then successfully installed Vista with Boot Camp. Currently, I switch between them with the native Mac bootloader (pressing the Option key). I would like to turn this into a triple boot by installing Ubuntu, but I'm not sure how I should setup GRUB, etc. I don't want to use rEFIT for the danger it poses to my partitioning tables. Is it possible for the Mac native bootloader to choose between three partitions for booting?

My second preferred option is to overwrite the MBR with GRUB to choose between Linux and Vista, which I have done several times on other computers. But I'm afraid this might mess up the whole Boot Camp situation. I guess the safest option is to use Windows' NTLDR to load Linux.

What do you suggest?