sirspazzolot Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 I have a bootable OS X DVD that when I boot my computer with my external hard drive plugged in pulls up Chameleon. The options in it are: >my C: Drive (with Windows) >my D: Drive (which I THOUGHT had Ubuntu on it but it says something like BOOTMGR MISSING when I select it) >OS X (It's there, didn't try it yet though) >the NTFS partition on my external hard drive (Nothing installed on it) >an un-named thing that looks sorta like http://fs.devloop.org.uk/filesystem_icon.png and when I select on it the screen flashes and the computer quickly restarts and goes back to Chameleon. My question is: Is my Ubuntu installation on here? Do I somehow fix the entry in my D: drive? Or is it that unnamed thingy? I'd like to know my Ubuntu installation works before I install OS X and replace GRUB. Thanks in advance. If for whatever reason you need more info I can try to provide it but I may need to be told how to get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirspazzolot Posted September 23, 2010 Author Share Posted September 23, 2010 Sorry for the double post but I just thought of something. Does anyone know if Chameleon can detect extended partitions? How can I check what partition my Ubuntu installation is on? IIRC, I shrunk my D: 15GB and made a 15GB partition for Ubuntu, but that may have been an extended partition or something or maybe I didn't do that at all. I guess I'll poke around gparted tomorrow or something but if anybody has a way to get Ubuntu into Chameleon without having to do anything like that, that would be great. Unrelated: The wooden board background is distracting me. It's pretty cool. Good job making this site, whoever made this site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inimicus Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Bootable operating system, as far as I know, are required to be on a primary partition. This, indeed, could be why Ubuntu isn't there already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirspazzolot Posted September 23, 2010 Author Share Posted September 23, 2010 Bootable operating system, as far as I know, are required to be on a primary partition. This, indeed, could be why Ubuntu isn't there already. Is there a way to move my Ubuntu installation to a primary partition, or to switch it from extended to primary? I'm not even sure if it's on an extended partition. I'll check when I'm done with my homework, which I need Windows for. Any advice for how to do so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkythewondersquid Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Boot with GParted, Parted Magic or what ever you like remove ALL flags from Ubuntu partition and it should then be in the Chameleon boot menu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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