Namelles One Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Maybe I am stupid, but I don't know how-to fix it... Earlier I have a good working triple-boot on my black MacBook - MacOS, Linux (with grub loader) and Windows XP. Yesterday I format my Windows partition and installed Windows 7 (from MSDN) on it. MacOS and Windows 7 works perfectly, but I can't load my Linux - rEFIt can not see it - in menu is only Windows 7 and MacOS, and rEFIt said, that all partition is synced well. What can I do to fix my rEFIt to see Linux icon and grub menu? Except reinstalling Linux?.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopo Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Maybe I am stupid, but I don't know how-to fix it... Earlier I have a good working triple-boot on my black MacBook - MacOS, Linux (with grub loader) and Windows XP. Yesterday I format my Windows partition and installed Windows 7 (from MSDN) on it. MacOS and Windows 7 works perfectly, but I can't load my Linux - rEFIt can not see it - in menu is only Windows 7 and MacOS, and rEFIt said, that all partition is synced well. What can I do to fix my rEFIt to see Linux icon and grub menu? Except reinstalling Linux?.. Perhaps you overwrote grub when you formatted your Windows drive. Try reinstalling grub; google to find out how. Example: 1. Pop in the Live CD, boot from it until you reach the desktop. 2. Open a terminal window or switch to a tty. 3. Type "grub" 4. Type "root (hd0,6)", or whatever your harddisk + boot partition numbers are (my /boot is at /dev/sda7, which translates to hd0,6 for grub). 5. Type "setup (hd0)", ot whatever your harddisk nr is. 6. Quit grub by typing "quit". 7. Reboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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