p_noch Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 1st you need to have -working guid-efi leopard ----- 1.use superduper 2.clone drive (leopard) to usb (i called it leo_usb) 3.install efi leo_usb 4.boot to leo_usb 5.using disk utility to format/partition target hd 6.make 5 partitions, used option guid partition my laptop has 160gb, so i partitioned it like this 58gb Leopard 58gb Vista 5gb Share File 1gb Swap 38gb Ubuntu now use all hfs+ partition 7.use superduper to restore working copy of leo_usb to newly created (58gb Leopard) 8.install efi to 58gb Leopard 9.reboot to 58gb Leopard, make sure its boot fine 10.insert Ubuntu live DVD 11.install ubuntu 12.chooses partition manually 13.edit partition [1gb swap] as swap 14.edit partition [38gb ubuntu] as ext3, mount [/] 15.when installation is done 16.reboot, now it should boot into [38gb ubuntu] 17.copy boot_v8 [from your efi_v8 folder] to {/File System/boot} 18.edit {/File System/boot/grub/menu.lst} open up another Terminal session. Then, type in sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst add this to the end of the file titile Mac OS X Leopard root (hd0,x) kernel /boot/boot_v8 quiet **(x is SAME as yours UBUNTU), so if u have partitioned like me, it is (hd0,5) 19.reboot to see if boot to leopard works 20.use disk utility to format [58gb Vista] as hfs+ again, exit out of disk utility then open disk utility again, now format as fat32 partition 21.put in your vista dvd, boot from it 22.format [58gb Vista] again in installer now if will be NTFS 23.install like normal 24.now it will only boot on to vista 25.put in your ubuntu dvd, boot as live 26.now reinstall GRUB as the system bootloader Open a Terminal session type in "sudo grub" and press Enter - root (hd0,x) - setup (hd0) - quit - exit **(x is SAME as yours UBUNTU), so if u have partitioned like me, it is (hd0,5) it should list a things like Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes bla blaaaa (i can't remember) [if you have any error don't worry about it, completely normal] 27.now reboot, grub should load and you should be able to boot in to osx 28.if its boot fine, now boot back into ubuntu 29.edit {/File System/boot/grub/menu.lst} again open up another Terminal session. Then, type in sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst find hiddenmenu [make it #hiddenmenu] this disabled hiddenmenu add this to the end of the file titile Microsoft Vista root (hd0,y) makeactive chainloader +1 quiet **(y is SAME as yours Vista), so if u have partitioned like me, it is (hd0,2) 30.reboot, go take a nap.... its done! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109266-easy-tri-boot-leopardvistaubuntu-with-efi-guid-with-grub/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
CryzHiss Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Thank you so much for this guide! Now everything works perfectly! I used pc_efi_v9 Had some problems with grub though, after installing Vista it said "Segmentation fault". Took me some time and testing, but I just installed pc_efi again (from iAktos install DVD, though i used a retail copy to install) and then grub installed fine Thank you! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109266-easy-tri-boot-leopardvistaubuntu-with-efi-guid-with-grub/#findComment-1115570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckshot Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Works great! Thanks so much! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109266-easy-tri-boot-leopardvistaubuntu-with-efi-guid-with-grub/#findComment-1141363 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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