llusezen72 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 I've got a new 1.53GHz MacBook Pro with a 500GB HD and want to triple-boot between Windows 7 (32-bit), Snow Leopard, and Ubuntu 9.10 (32-bit). I'm able to do that, but the rEFIt menu is not correct. Thanks in advance for any help. What I want: Apple icon (direct to OS X), Tux (direct to Ubuntu), Windows (direct to Windows 7). Also, a FAT32 partition for sharing data between OSes, but that shouldn't appear in the menu because it has no OS. What I actually get: Apple icon works perfectly, goes directly to OS X. Windows icon goes to GRUB bootloader that defaults to Ubuntu. I have to manually choose Windows 7 from the GRUB menu FAT32 "Shared Data" partition appears as an option, even though there's no OS on it, just data. Oddly enough, Windows 7 can't see the FAT32 partition, but OS X and Ubuntu can. What I did: I used Gparted to split Bootcamp's Windows partition into Windows/Ubuntu/Linux Swap. Partition Inspector: *** Report for internal hard disk *** Current GPT partition table: # Start LBA End LBA Type 1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT) 2 409640 271562759 Mac OS X HFS+ 3 271562760 638921114 Basic Data 4 638921115 905873219 Basic Data 5 905873220 910066184 Linux Swap 6 910066185 976768064 Basic Data Current MBR partition table: # A Start LBA End LBA Type 1 1 409639 ee EFI Protective 2 409640 271562759 af Mac OS X HFS+ 3 * 271562760 638921114 07 NTFS/HPFS 4 638921115 905873219 83 Linux MBR contents: Boot Code: Unknown, but bootable 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 271562760: Boot Code: Windows BOOTMGR (Vista) File System: NTFS Listed in GPT as partition 3, type Basic Data Listed in MBR as partition 3, type 07 NTFS/HPFS, active Partition at LBA 638921115: Boot Code: None File System: ext3 Listed in GPT as partition 4, type Basic Data Listed in MBR as partition 4, type 83 Linux Partition at LBA 905873220: Boot Code: None File System: Unknown Listed in GPT as partition 5, type Linux Swap Partition at LBA 910066185: Boot Code: Unknown, but bootable File System: FAT32 Listed in GPT as partition 6, type Basic Data GParted, from the Ubuntu partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmed kamal Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 the same thing here , hope to find a solution . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bash1999 Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 same situation without the FAT32 partition with a MBP 2.66 Ghz 4GB RAM 300 GB HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hattori Shinsan Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 I'm not a win7 user, so this is just a hint: I heard there are 2 win7 installation modes (MBR and GPT). If you installed as MBR it just reads the mbr table (so the fat shared partition that's not listed there won't show up), linux and MacOS instead have full GPT support, so they see that partition. For the GRUB -> 7 issue, mind the fact that on some installations 7 has the nice idea to write over GRUB at boot causing a lot of troubles (though this seems not the case...). You may want to try BURG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmed kamal Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 dear , its not windows or ubuntu or mac problem. its a refit issue and supposed to solve soon , i hope . regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llusezen72 Posted July 7, 2010 Author Share Posted July 7, 2010 I ended up just going with VirtualBox VMs. It's more convenient than rebooting anyway. Thanks though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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