paikchris Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I am a total NOOB. I have only been installing linux and osx for about a week and a half. Ok to explain this long story i'll start from what i have. Triple Boot using GRUB with 2 hard drives. 1. Samsung 500GB HD First partition - Windows Xp (10gb) Second partition - Ubuntu 8.04 (8gb) Third Partition - iAtkos 2.0 release (7gb) 4th Partition - Extended with over 400 GB of space (Fat32 to share between OS's) Swap Space - For Ubuntu. (6 GB) 2. Western Digital 1TB HD Nothing so far. But I have been experimenting on this HD for about a week. WHAT I'M TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH I would have loved to create one more active partition on my first hard drive but for some reason gParted will not let me. It says i cannot have more than 4 active partitions on a hard drive. I don't have 4 so i thought it would work, but obviously it won't. I gave up on that. NOW, i am trying to create a 7gb primary partition on my 2nd hard drive so i can test different osx releases on it. I did it successfully my first try (Vanilla too). But QE/CI was not supported so i assumed i selected the wrong drivers during install. Sooo i reinstalled over the partition.... AND NOW I CAN'T GET IT TO WORK. I seriously can't figure out why. I retraced and reinstalled over 10 times already. I'm exhausted. I'm ready to admit i need help. Anybody want to work through this with me? I'm all out of ideas. I've tried: 1. clearing the whole hard drive and formatting and partitioning inside osx install 2. using windows diskpart to create a active partition and then installing 3. using gparted to create a unformatted partition and installing. and different combination of the above. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 You can only have one Active partition on a Drive, as far as I know... Sooo i reinstalled over the partition.... AND NOW I CAN'T GET IT TO WORK. I seriously can't figure out why. I retraced and reinstalled over 10 times already. What is wrong? What happens? Let me tell you 2 great hints: 1. You can patch iAtkos v2 with Chameleon bootloader - much better + more reliable bootloader for OS X. It's a PPF. 2. Acronis Boot Selector - part of Acronis Disk Director Suite. If you can, get this software (it's commercial) - but it can solve most boot-related issues. Your hardware should work really well. Do you have a 512mb 7300? I hope not. For QE/CI, use nvinject or Natit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paikchris Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 yea i make sure it's always the only active partition. (What exactly does that mean by the way) I'm currently using GRUB just because i'm more familiar with it. What will Chameleon do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeykhan Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Not to be a bore but i use bootit ng and it allows multiple operationg systems havent had any problems yet 1 got ubuntu , os x , vista , and a data share between them all less problems me thinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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