Toy Machine Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 I have both Ubuntu 9.04 and iDeneb 10.5.5 installed and working on partitions. To boot into mac I use the disc. How can I make it so I can boot linux or mac without the disc but by selecting it at start-up? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165660-dual-booting-linux-ideneb/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Machine Posted May 10, 2009 Author Share Posted May 10, 2009 bump Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165660-dual-booting-linux-ideneb/#findComment-1152039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri II Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 I assume here that you installed Ubuntu AFTER OS X, so that you see GRUB as your Boot loader or directly boots UBUNTU? In this case, just add a boot entry to the grub menu, usually in /boot/grub/menu.lst First, uncomment these 2 lines (remove the "#" in front): #timeout=5 #hiddenmenu Then you have to add an entry for OS X similar to this: title Mac OS X rootnoverify (hd0,X) <<<===== THE X HAS TO BE REPLACED WITH YOUR OS X PARTITION NUMBER!!!! makeactive chainloader +1 That should do it.. Have Fun Henri Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165660-dual-booting-linux-ideneb/#findComment-1152733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Machine Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share Posted May 11, 2009 thanks for your help but im still stuck....i have this in my boot/grub/menu.list title Ubuntu 9.04 uuid fb8c6984-e439-4427-b2e0-ef3e4555683a kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=fb8c6984-e439-4427-b2e0-ef3e4555683a ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic quiet title Mac OS X 10.5.5 rootnoverify (hd0,6) makeactive chainloader +1 title Ubuntu 9.04 (recovery mode) uuid fb8c6984-e439-4427-b2e0-ef3e4555683a kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=fb8c6984-e439-4427-b2e0-ef3e4555683a ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+ uuid fb8c6984-e439-4427-b2e0-ef3e4555683a kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin quiet and i get "Error 12: Invalid device requested" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165660-dual-booting-linux-ideneb/#findComment-1153273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Machine Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 BUMP! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165660-dual-booting-linux-ideneb/#findComment-1154932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Machine Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 one more bump.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165660-dual-booting-linux-ideneb/#findComment-1157788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinsky Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 put the output of: sudo fdisk -l Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165660-dual-booting-linux-ideneb/#findComment-1157806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Machine Posted May 16, 2009 Author Share Posted May 16, 2009 Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000123d5 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 244 1959898+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 245 30401 242236102+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 245 15286 120824833+ 83 Linux /dev/sda6 * 15287 29367 113105601 af Unknown /dev/sda7 29368 30401 8305573+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165660-dual-booting-linux-ideneb/#findComment-1157896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Machine Posted May 18, 2009 Author Share Posted May 18, 2009 BUMP...!!!!!!!,...... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165660-dual-booting-linux-ideneb/#findComment-1158813 Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinsky Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 try with rootnoverify (hd0,5) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165660-dual-booting-linux-ideneb/#findComment-1159360 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Machine Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 same problem..."Error 12: Invalid device requested" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165660-dual-booting-linux-ideneb/#findComment-1160429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaraeez Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Maybe try this : You'll need to copy the Chameleon boot file though (see below). I grabbed the boot file while I was in Linux from within the root of my OSX install. Then copy/rename the boot file to "/boot/chameleon" or whatever you like on your Ubuntu box. Then add a GRUB entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst: title Apple OS X 10.5 Leopard kernel (hd0,0) /boot/chameleon Change the (hd0,0) to your Linux partition. EDIT: I also came across this which may help <i>title</i> OSx86 root (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 <i>title</i> is the name GRUB will display for the OS. This can be anything you want, mine's been called several things such as 'Hackintosh', 'OSx86' and 'Mac OS X 10.5'. Whatever you're comfortable with really. <i>root</i> tells GRUB what to boot. The command we told it was <i>(hd0,0)</i> which is saying to GRUB "Boot from the first harddrive (hd0), using the first partition (,0)". And this is the bit that'll cause the most trouble. When I was following a tutorial on how to get GRUB to recognise OSx86, I was told to type (hd0,1) which is obviously a completely different partition. If you attempt to boot into OSx86 and you get a message along the lines of <i>"Error 15: Invalid Device"</i> just go back into the GRUB menu.lst and change the partition number. Keep changing it until you boot properly Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165660-dual-booting-linux-ideneb/#findComment-1160832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Machine Posted May 21, 2009 Author Share Posted May 21, 2009 i don't know how to gain permission to edit any of the files on my mac partition from linux... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165660-dual-booting-linux-ideneb/#findComment-1161485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaraeez Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Your not editing any files on your Mac partition. In Ubuntu run nautilus as root from the CLI/Terminal type sudo nautilus then type your password & navigate to your mac partition. Once there do what you need to (read the above) & if you need to edit any files on your Ubuntu partition (menu.lst etc.) just right click in Nautilus while still running as root & you should be fine.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165660-dual-booting-linux-ideneb/#findComment-1161921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Machine Posted May 25, 2009 Author Share Posted May 25, 2009 i copied the boot file into a folder and drug it into the mac location and it said the destination is read-only... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165660-dual-booting-linux-ideneb/#findComment-1163053 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaraeez Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 i copied the boot file into a folder and drug it into the mac location and it said the destination is read-only... Re-read the above posts: your not copying anything back into the Mac partition. Your copying from Mac to Ubuntu then editing the files as stated above then copying or moving the files as root to a destination (as stated above) on your Ubuntu.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165660-dual-booting-linux-ideneb/#findComment-1163623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts