Ubuntu / Apple :: Replace Refit With Grub2?

Feb 15, 2010

I'm not the world's biggest fan of rEFIt to be perfectly honest. It doesn't allow me to customize the menu, set a default, etc. I'd rather boot exclusively using grub-efi. Not just that, I'd prefer to be able to do so without needing an hfs+ volume to bless it onto. edit: I can now see that Elv117 has asked this recently. I shall leave this post here in the hopes that someone knowledgable runs across it and not the one further down the page. Also, I'll probably try working through the tutorial to see if I can manage it. I need to evaluate if I really need OS X at all on my MacBook. I think it would be neat to have GPT/Grub2/MacOSX/Ubuntu/Win7 working properly, the way a "modern" computer ought to. Reverting to MBR is just throwing in the towel.

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Ubuntu / Apple :: Grub/rEFIt Can't Run A Live CD

Mar 16, 2010

I decided that I wanted to take Arch for a spin for the next week or so (I've had Ubuntu installed for a while) and so I thought the logical thing to do was to erase my partitions and start over with a new live cd...

Well.. that didn't work. I tried to do it from Disk Utility in OS X which succeeded in deleting most everything... EXCEPT grub is still in the mbr (or whatever it runs from through rEFIt). But all I see when I start up in the non-OS X partition is:

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GRUB

At any rate, no Live CDs work, I can't delete the partitions from OS X (including after booting up from the OS X Install disk).

If I hit F1 I can get the "grub>" prompt. But I can't figure out how to launch a live cd. To my knowlege, there's not a "bios" for rEFIt where I can force it to boot from CD, is there?

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Ubuntu / Apple :: Remove GRUB And Just Use REFIt

Jul 21, 2010

I have OS X, Ubuntu 10 x64 and Windows 7 x64 installed on my Macbook Pro new unibody. Right now when I choose Windows or Linux in the rEFIt boot menu both options take me to the GRUB menu, and I can boot everything but it's a bit redundant and annoying.

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Ubuntu / Apple :: REFIt Wont Boot On USB?

Nov 10, 2010

I have installed Kubuntu (10.10) on top of OSX (10.6) on my MacBook (7.1). When I start the computer, rEFIt asks me if I want to boot on OSX or Linux. When a USB key is plugged in and bootable, rEFIt also asks me if I want to boot on it. However, if I select the USB key, rEFIt still boots Linux on my HDD! What did I wrong?

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Ubuntu / Apple :: REFIt Won't Boot The Windows

Jun 29, 2011

My friend has an older Macbook Pro (circa 2006) and she installed Ubuntu 11.04 on it but the Appleloader wouldn't boot it directly (to boot to ubuntu I had to use super grub disk 2 to load grub2). I never got it to work correctly. She just updated rEFIt and it displays all the icons for windows and linux now, but she can't boot either of them, it just gives her a black screen with a blinking cursor up in the left-hand corner.I suggested the easiest way to fix it would be to wipe everything and start over, but she doesn't want to. I barely know anything about macs and all the triple boot guides I've found are for fresh installs.

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Ubuntu / Apple :: Refit AND Windows Both Boot To GRUB?

Aug 3, 2010

First up, assume i know nothing about computers. I have a MBP 5,5, and choosing the logo for windows brings up the grub menu, as does choosing ubuntu's logo. I've read a lot saying i need to install GRUB natively under ubuntu, but I've had no luck doing so. can anyone essentially walk me through this step by step? or offer alternatives?

MBP 5,5
OS X 10.6.4
Win 7
ubuntu 10.04

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Ubuntu / Apple :: REFIT Shows Extra Icon?

Feb 10, 2011

I had my MacBook configured with a triple boot (Windows 7, Mac OSX and Ubuntu 10.04). Everything was working perfectly until I decided to upgrade to Ubuntu 10.10 and screwed everything up haha.

I formated the Ubuntu partition and installed 10.10 on it, but I made the mistake of not selecting the correct place for the boot loader. I went the non confusing way and decided to format the Ubuntu and Windows 7 partition to start all over again.

The problem si this, for some reason rEFIT shows a Linux partition when there isn't any, I just have my HD partitioned like this:

This is what rEFIT shows:

The partitions are empty, I haven't installed any OS yet.

Do you know how can I delete that extra Linux icon?

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Ubuntu / Apple :: Long Delay On Boot Before Loading Refit

Apr 23, 2010

I have a 5,2 macbook pro, and I use refit to boot my ubuntu partition. I do not have an OSX partition on the local drive at all. The only partitions that are on the drive are the EFI, ubuntu and swap. Refit lives on the EFI dos partition.I am experiencing a very long delay on power-on before the system will load refit (probably 20-30 seconds) Once it loads everything is normal.

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Ubuntu / Apple :: Refit - Want To Change Windows Icon To Penguin On Boot Up

Jan 24, 2010

I got ReFit installed on my macbook but I get two icons: the apple and a grey windows sign. I want the penguin, so any ideas on how to change the horrendous Windows icon to the cute much-wanted penguin?

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Ubuntu / Apple :: External Hard Drive And Booting It From Refit Work?

Aug 12, 2010

would putting ubuntu on an external hard drive and booting it from refit work? and would i was starting up my imac 11,2 my ipod was bootable for some reason?

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Ubuntu / Apple :: MBR Partition - REFIt And Gptsync Are Unable To Repair The MBR Error

Sep 23, 2010

I've used rEFIt and to create a dual boot system on a new MacBook Pro 7. 1 following the directions in the community forum. I can book ubuntu and mac os x fine. However, the MBR boot table shows an error in the partition map.

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How can I fix this, rEFIt and gptsync are unable to repair the MBR error... Will this cause problems (since MBR shows the ubuntu boot partition overlapping the OSX partition)?

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Ubuntu / Apple :: Access Partitions From Windows On ReFIT-based Triple Boot?

Mar 24, 2011

I have installed reFIT-based triple boot. Here is the partition scheme:1. GPT Protective Partition (GPT and MFT). Mac OS X (GPT and MFT)3. Windows 7 64-bit C: (GPT and MFT)4. Windows 7 64-bit D: (GPT and MFT)5. Ubuntu 10.04 / (only GPT)6. Ubuntu 10.04 swap (only GPT)Windows only supports MFT and thus sees last two partitions (5 and 6) as unallocated space. Can I somehow make it see these partitions to be able to access files from Ubuntu?P.S. I know this is rather Windows problem, but I don't know any good forums where I can ask that, because mostly on these forums the answer is "Why would you need anything but Windows?".

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Ubuntu / Apple :: Install With REFIt On MacBook Pro: Grub Apparently Messed Up My Windows 7 Boot?

Mar 10, 2011

This seems to be a variant of a problem many people have had, but after several hours trawling through various forums, I haven't seen a reliable match for my situation.In brief:Adding a third boot partition (of Ubuntu) to my existing dual boot of OSX 10.6 and Windows 7 seems to have crippled the Windows boot from working, because Grub apparently takes over the process. Yet Grub does *not* appear to be on the Windows partition.

More verbose:I have an older MacBook Pro (3.1, running Snow Leopard) that I recently refitted with a new 240GB SSD HD. With the extra space (it was previously only 120GB) I decided to add a dual boot with Windows 7 using bootcamp. This all went swimmingly well.Encouraged, I decided to follow this Lifehacker article's suggestion and triple-boot the machine with Ubuntu (I'd never used Linux before):So I now have the nice rEFIt boot partition selection screen, and, indeed, I'm up and running in Ubuntu, and enjoying it.

Only one problem: I can't get into Windows any more. If I try to go in through rEFIt *or* by holding down OPT at startup and selecting the windows partition directly, the result is the same: I get thrown into Grub's selector, and selecting the Windows partition from there leads to an error message and a dead end.Having read through numerous postings, I get the impression that Grub is doing something or living somewhere that it ought not to be, but in most cases I've seen, people had accidentally installed Grub onto the Windows partition (or indeed onto EVERY partition). So far as I can tell, this isn't the case with me. Here's my boot summary:

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Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

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Ubuntu / Apple :: Throw ReFit Into Main Hard Drive's Root Folder But Doesn't Work

Dec 7, 2010

I have a Macbook 2,1 since 2007. Last week my hard drive just died, so I decided to replace it with a new one, no problems with that. The problem came when I had to install an operative system, because my DVD drive has been broken for a year and a half now. I know we can easily install MacOSX from an external usb drive, but I don't have a big enough pendrive at the moment. So I went for Ubuntu. I have managed to get an Ubuntu 10.10 live usb stick working like charm, if anyone is interested. I just downloaded the latest i386 iso and followed this advice by pxwpxw for the 32bit EFI.

The only thing I had to change in the boot.cfg was the name of the iso and -very important- changed initrd.gz for initrd.lz. The live usb works great. But I decided to do an installation on the hard drive. I installed it using the whole hard drive and didn't get any errors. But when I boot the macbook it doesn't detect anything. I guess I need an EFI bootloader or something to make it work. I've tried to follow this guide but it seems to be intended for someone who already has MacOSX and the Ubuntu installation working. I just want to install a bootloader or whatever I need from the "outside" (from the live usb I'm using). I tried to just throw reFit into the main hard drive's root folder but it doesn't work. I think that maybe creating an HFS+ partition and installing reFit in it may work, but I don't think I can create that kind of partition from the Ubuntu usb and I also need a working MacOSX to run the enable.sh. I've also read of elilo but I've seen that it hasn't been updated for 3 years

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Ubuntu :: Replace Grub2 With Grub?

Jun 20, 2010

I have seen grub2 wreck the system console screen display, be dependant on files in /etc/default and /etc/grub.d and be exteamely hard to configure. Even worse Grub2 settings are distribution dependent and distribution specific.

Something single like vga=nnnn in grub2 involves something akin to these commands in grub2 "set gfxmode=1280x800 set gfxpayload=keep insmod gfxterm insmod vbe" and editing far too many files. I have a steady flickering screen loaded during boot because Ubuntu's usplash image is larger than 640x480 and the vga size is 640x480. Grub2 is reluctant to be anything but user friendly.

Practical question: Does anyone know of a guide that could change grub2 back into the useful and user friendly grub (menu.lst).

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Ubuntu / Apple :: Replace Snow Leopard With 10.04 On 2007 Macbook?

Jun 11, 2011

I'm looking to try and replace Snow Leopard with Ubuntu 10.04 on my 2007 Macbook.

Looked at a few of the wikis, and there seems to be a couple of issues with workarounds, but nothing major.

Has anyone done this to their Macbooks successfully?

Also, will I need to 'bless' it, as I no longer have an OSX discs

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Ubuntu / Apple :: Grub2+EFI On A Mac Book Pro?

Feb 14, 2010

Anybody recently succeded in installing GRUB2 on Mac OSX partitions? I have to compile in un Fedora/Ubuntu/Gentoo. It work, but once back in OS X, I get this error:

./grub-mkimage -d . -o grub.efi part_gpt hfsplus fat ext2 etx3 ext4 normal sh chain boot configfile linux -bash: ./grub-mkimage: cannot execute binary file

I tried to build it in Ubuntu 8.04, gentoo and Fedora Rawhide, all fail with the same error. Look like the binary compatiility between OSX and Linux is broken in Leopard. I would love to have a faster boot, it take half a minute to get to grub, using Grub2 with EFI would take 3 seconds. As I don't need bios emulation, Fedora would also run faster. Anybody have a compiled and working Grub2? Is there a better way to use Grub2 with EFI? A working one if possible

OSX: 10.5.8
Linux: Ubuntu 9.10
Mac: MacBook Pro Santa Rosa (3 years old with a Core 2 Duo 2.2ghz)
GCC: 4.2, 4.3, 4.4

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Ubuntu / Apple :: Macbook With Bad Cd Drive - Grub2 Hangin?

Jun 14, 2010

I have a macbook pro 4,1 which does not have a functioning cd drive. I'm trying to install ubuntu by loop-booting an iso from the hard drive (or a usb drive, or using the netbook kernel, or the files from a live usb, or anything really) It will not boot off of usb drives. I've read that this is an issue with the firmware of these machines and there's not much I can do about it. rEFIt sees the usb drive, but the macbook complains there is no OS when it attempts to boot from it.

I've installed grub2 locally by dropping a home-built grub.efi (And modules and whatnot) in /efi/grub. This lets me pick grub from the refit menu, and grub will correctly load up a grub.cfg, and I can get into a grub shell and browse around, pick kernels etc. The problem comes when I try to boot anything. I've tried the netboot kernel and initrd, I've tried loop booting an ISO, I've tried copying a live usb to disk and booting that kernel, but no dice. any way I go about it, I can select the kernel and initrd, and that appears to work fine. Grub gives me some correct-looking info messages about the kernel and initrd that I just loaded, but then when I try to actually boot (i.e. with the boot command), nothing happens, I just get a cursor that sits there and does nothing.

I've tried with everything (the iso, the kernel and initrd) on the first partition, on other partitions, with different filesystems (both hfs+ and fat32) all to no avail, and all with the same symptoms, grub just sits there after the kernel and initrd are loaded and does nothing. I'm wondering if there's some kernel arguments I need to make things happen on the macbook or some other magic like that. This is a pretty non-ordinary boot setup so it's not terribly easy to find info about it.

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Ubuntu / Apple :: 10.10 Will Have Grub2 And So The Ability To Boot On Efi System?

Sep 23, 2010

Looks like 10.10 will have grub2 and so the ability to boot on efi system. I have a macbook pro 6.2.Will maverick install on this machine as normal dual boot with no need of refit support?

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Ubuntu / Apple :: TestingOnMacbook Boot Grub2 In EFI Mode

Mar 29, 2011

For some reason the page [URL] is taken down, so here is the backup (in attachment)

TestingOnMacbook Boot grub2 in EFI mode

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P.S. : The page is now renamed into [URL]

P.S. : The page is now moved to [URL]

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Ubuntu / Apple :: Boot Modified SnowLeopard Install With Grub2?

Feb 14, 2010

I modified SnowLeopard to install on mbr disk format. How can I chainload to the bootloader on the OS X partition using GRUB2. The autodetected entry MAC OS X put in by ubiquity on installing ubuntu doesn't work. In grub legacy I just added an entry with root() and chainload and it worked. How can I achieve this with grub2?The computer is an Intel Mac. I am unable to install Windows 7 on a GUID disk (without using bootcamp).

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Ubuntu Installation :: REFIt Menu Configuration With Triple Boot

Jan 22, 2010

I was able to install Windows 7 64 bit and ubuntu 9.10 along with Mac OS X (10.6) to my MacBook Pro 3,1 (Santa Rosa). Some minor issues remain to be addressed, but all three OSs are functional. My question relates to the rEFIt menu where I only see Mac OS X and Windows as available options, unless I happen to have the ubuntu Live CD inserted or my external drive attached which result in Penguin and/or additional Mac icon, respectively. I get to ubuntu or Windows through the Windows icon in rEFIt, then select one or the other from a long menu in grub, with ubuntu set as the default. BTW: The included OS X option doesn't work from here, of course, and I'd like to remove it at some point since I can't use it, but that's even less important at the moment.

I get "Error 15: File not found" when I try "find /boot/grub/stage1" or "find /grub/stage1" from within the grub utility, as suggested by a previous poster as a start to discovering and relocating the grub loader in order to change the boot behavior. Manually I can navigate to /boot/grub, but I am not at all sure if this is the same thing. With everything essentially working, I don't want to trash what I have. But it would be convenient if I could select Mac OS X, Windows, or ubuntu directly from the rEFIt menu. I am not frightened by command line work but have somewhat limited experience and will welcome any constructive input. I saw posts on this topic dating back to 2008 or early 2009, but current topics didn't seem to match up. I'm also new to posting here and ask for you patience if I am not approaching the forum in the correct way or location.

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Apr 23, 2011

Can the Replace function replace more than one word with the same character(s)?

Also, do you know how to access the plugins provided by the gedit-plugins package?

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Debian Installation :: Mac Pro 1.1 - REFIt Won't Show Install And Live Disks At Startup

Mar 19, 2016

I have a Mac Pro 1.1 and am having trouble installing Debian. I installed rEFIt but it won't show my install and live disks at startup. I have very little experience with the command line but would be willing to try. I have installed debian to my pc and used the command line successfully there, but want the OS for my mac.

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Debian Installation :: Install To Intel Mac Dual Boot Using REFIt Not Loading

Jan 3, 2010

I have installed Debian on my intel iMac, I installed grub first in my root partition and then in the Debian partition. When I boot my Mac, rEFIt brings me to the boot page and shows the Linux drive, but when I choose it, it tries to start up and then gives me the line "Not a bootable drive" and just hangs. How to get this to boot?

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Ubuntu Installation :: Grub2 Can't Load Window 7 After Recovered Grub2 Using Live Cd To Boot Windows 7

Mar 7, 2010

i initilally installed ubuntu 9.10 then installed windows 7 ,then i recovered grub2 using livecd as told in the post [URL] i did "sudo update-grub" and got windows 7 menu entry but when i select that entry windows 7 does not load but the grub2 is reloaded again.
i cant boot to windows 7.

Windows 7 have 100 mb partition "System Reserved" the grub2 points to that partition but still windows 7 not loaded.

sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3c3a81f5

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Ubuntu Installation :: Grub2 Dosn't Save Windows As Last Selected + Boot Into Cdrom From Grub2?

May 17, 2010

I went through so many post but I haven't found the proper answer yet hope you have an Idea1. Grub2 saves only Linux OS as last selected no Windows OS2.It is possible to boot into a cdrom (drive)?

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Fedora :: Dual Booting - Grub2 To See F15 Or Be Installed Using Grub2?

Jul 11, 2011

I installed Fedora 15, which was my first real departure from Debian based Linux OSs. I absolutely love the new Gnome 3, and was able to configure F15 to work as I wanted it to. On rebooting I realized that there was no boot loader screen, that F15 just booted and didn't give me a choice as to which OS I wanted to use. Eventually I was able to configure grub to let me see the boot loader and added my old boot loader as a choice. This worked well, maybe not a perfect solution, but it worked. This weekend I installed LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) to another HDD. LMDE uses grub2 and after the install F15 was not recognized.

Two questions: Is there a way for grub2 to see F15? or Can F15 be installed using grub2? I really don't mind re-installing from scratch.

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Ubuntu / Apple :: Gettting Apple Keyboard Function Keys To Work

May 7, 2011

Neither Ubuntu's Unity or KDE respond to the function keys on a regular Apple USB keyboard. I can plug in a non-Apple keyboard and they work just fine. What needs to be changed or configure so that F1 and company on the Apple keyboard work as on other keyboards?

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Ubuntu / Apple :: Auto-load Apple Wireless Keyboard?

Apr 22, 2010

This morning I bought an Apple wireless keyboard and I got it connected through Blueman. It works like a charm, but I have on problem;

When I log out I can log back in by typing in my password. However, when I restart the computer it seems that bluetooth is not loaded yet and I cannot enter my password. So I have to log in using my wired keyboard, and then disconnect & re-connect to my wireless keyboard using blueman before I am able to use the wireless keyboard.

Is there any way that I can already auto-load bluetooth and connect to my keyboard before I log in?

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