i had linux on hd, with anouther partition, so i booted up off of mac install dvds, reformated 2 disks (which were the linux ones) to dos, and now i ahve three partitions, 1 348.8 mb one, one 7.3 gb one, and a 48 gb one. i trid using bootcamp, but it didn't work. any help!!

also, when i do refit, it still says that there's a linux to boot up in

grub or lilo?

grub is like a permenant marker, hard to erase.
if you have a win98 floppy laying around try fdisk/MBR and that will get rid of the linux bootloader.

Do you still want linux or not?

If you've installed Grub to the MBR then reformatting your Linux partition will not get rid of Grub. Even if you do still want to reinstall Linux I would do fix the MBR with your XP Install disk in recovery mode and start fresh.

Boot from XP installation CD: Recovery Console: fixmbr

Instead of allowing Linux to overwrite your MBR, install GRUB or LILO on the root (/) partition and use Acronis OS Selector.

Edit: I see now that you have a MacBook, so the above might not apply to you.

no, i don't

if i fix my mbr, will i have to reinstall mac on my macbook, or will bootcamp get rid of the partition?



it' s mac, justso you know, and to the second part. What??????

MBR is on a special part of the disk kind of like the EFI parttion although MBR is not visible. Next time install grub on the partition ie. dev/sda3 and not /dev/sda.

I don't think you need to install if you boot off a windows xp disk. then go to a recover console and type fixmbr.

trying now...

Yes, I just realized it. But you didn't mention it in your first post.

it's in my sig, but when i press f2 to go to the restore thing, it says "insert the restore floppy disk"

did i hit the wrong thing. is there another way to fix my mbr?

no wait till it stops on that blue screen asking you to install. Youll see some options there. I thinks its the second one. Its "recovery console".


So just wait till it loads all the drivers and gives you a screen to choose what you want to do. Pick the recovery option.

thanks, i try now

every time i boot off of the cd, there is recovery console, but everytime i do it, it says i need to insert floppy disks

when you get to this screen press R do NOT press ENTER.

i never got this

i just got a screen that said setup and showed my disks partitions

opensuse uses grub 2.0 which boots xfs and supports efi.

sooooo, what are you saying i should do?

Theres no way you didnt get this screen, boot off the cd and DONT push anything until you get to this screen,

does it have that on the upgrade disk, or student learning disk, cause that's what i think i have

Did you obtain your install CD from BitTorrent?

try getting a real one like a "corporate" one.

ok, got it. did a fixmbr. now what?

well is grub off your machine and does refit still give you a linux choice.

no linux choice, but how do i get rid of the partitions?

rEFIt gives me a bootcamp option and a mac option, but bootcamp wont restore to one vol., and i still have the 358 mb partition

does it really matter?

if it is after all the other partitions a resize may be possible?

how do you resize. can't you do it through terminal. resize partition /?

itdb be like diskutil resizeVolume 60G

but it will only work if you delete the 358 mb partition AND it is after all the other partitions.

can you delete a partition through terminal?

EDIT: i still have three partitions

it might just be easier at this point to reinstall if you don't know much about unix, otherwise you can royally screw your machine up to where you will have to reinstall anyway.

good idea