All my operations were done using a Mac mini on its internal 80Gb HD.
I installed for many months a multiboot on my OS X following what most tutorials advice using rEFIt and BootCamp:
1- EFI partition
2- Mac OS X
3- FAT32 partition
4- WinXP
rEFIt showed two icons : Mac OS X and WinXP.
Then I replaced WinXP with a Linux distribution and I deleted the FAT32 partition:
1- EFI partition
2- Mac OS X
3- Linux distribution 1
and then here's an empty place where was the deleted FAT32 partition
4- Linux distribution 2 with GRUB
5- Home partition for Linux
6- Swap partition
rEFIt showed two icons : Mac OS X and Linux 2, then came GRUB that allowed me to boot on Linux 1 if I wanted to.
Then, using GParted, I moved the Linux 2 partiton next to the Linux 1 partition and I changed the size of the Home partition so that it would make use of the free remaining space, these operations should not be destructive:
1- EFI prtition
2- Mac OS X
3- Linux 1
4- Linux 2 (should have kept GRUB?!)
5- Home partition for Linux now big ^^
6- Swap partition
I rebooted, rEFIt showed just an icon for Mac OS X.
Logged in Mac OS X, I used fdisk to set the flag on the partition Linux 2 :
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 1 - 409639] <Unknown ID>
2: AF 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 409640 - 20971520] HFS+
3: 83 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 21382515 - 20980890] Linux files*
*4: 83 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 42363405 - 20964825] Linux files*
I reinstalled rEFIt to have the latest version, und used gptsync to sync my MBR with my GPT partitions.
This is what I have now :
*** Report for internal hard disk ***
Current GPT partition table:
# Start LBA End LBA Type
1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)
2 409640 21381159 Mac OS X HFS+
3 21382515 42363404 EFI System (FAT)
4 42363405 63328229 EFI System (FAT)
5 153758115 156296384 Linux Swap
6 63328230 153758114 Basic Data
Current MBR partition table:
# A Start LBA End LBA Type
1 1 409639 ee EFI Protective
2 409640 21381159 af Mac OS X HFS+
3 21382515 42363404 83 Linux
4 * 42363405 63328229 83 Linux
MBR contents:
Boot Code: None
Partition at LBA 40:
Boot Code: None (Non-system disk message)
File System: FAT32
Listed in GPT as partition 1, type EFI System (FAT)
Partition at LBA 409640:
Boot Code: None
File System: HFS Extended (HFS+)
Listed in GPT as partition 2, type Mac OS X HFS+
Listed in MBR as partition 2, type af Mac OS X HFS+
Partition at LBA 21382515:
Boot Code: None
File System: ext3
Listed in GPT as partition 3, type EFI System (FAT)
Listed in MBR as partition 3, type 83 Linux
Partition at LBA 42363405:
Boot Code: None
File System: ext3
Listed in GPT as partition 4, type EFI System (FAT)
Listed in MBR as partition 4, type 83 Linux, active
Partition at LBA 153758115:
Boot Code: None
File System: Unknown
Listed in GPT as partition 5, type Linux Swap
Partition at LBA 63328230:
Boot Code: None
File System: ext3
Listed in GPT as partition 6, type Basic Data
But still, when I boot, rEFIt shows me just one icon, Mac OS X. I don't know how I can boot on two my linux partitions too.
I suppose, the problem may be in the lines "MBR contents: Boot Code: None". I've now everywhere "Boot Code: None"
Here's where I need some help, I have no idea what to do now. Any advices?
Thank you for reading
