bugjah Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Hi all I woke up today to a boot0: error on start up in my Dell Mini 10v dual Snow Leopard/Ubuntu I have no idea what would have caused this as I did nothing at all, really, in the last few times I used it, no updates etc... I actually wrote up this guide for my last install, which will give you the full config for my system: http://www.insanelym...3 I can use my OSX install USB disk to boot and then choose the Ubuntu volume which is working fine. But my OSX hard disk won't mount in Ubuntu. I can also use that OSX install disk to start the installation and open terminal I tried the standard fix suggestions (e.g. http://blog.johnso.o...oot0-error.html ) But I can't get that to work. I may be doing it wrong. If anyone has any suggestions, or specific instructions on booting into terminal and then fixing the boot order, etc, for my configuration, I'd be very grateful! many thanks bug Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279416-boot0-error-on-previously-working-dell-mini-10v-slubuntu-dual/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
copil Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 read this it's working like a dream http://www.macbreake...oot0-error.html Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279416-boot0-error-on-previously-working-dell-mini-10v-slubuntu-dual/#findComment-1823650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugjah Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 Thanks for your reply. read this it's working like a dream http://www.macbreake...oot0-error.html does it matter that I used Meklort's NBI? ...and where is this boot1h file? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279416-boot0-error-on-previously-working-dell-mini-10v-slubuntu-dual/#findComment-1823651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
copil Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 the file is located or show package contents ( if possible ) using pacifist open the of the package installer is irrelevant ( example chameleon or chimera ) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279416-boot0-error-on-previously-working-dell-mini-10v-slubuntu-dual/#findComment-1823656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugjah Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 OK, I found the boot1h file But where exactly do I put it? Should I be doing this in Linux or after booting into the SL install disk and then opening terminal? I followed the instructions and copied the boot1h file to /dev/disk0s2 (which is my HFS Os X partition) it seemed to copy successfully. I restarted-- same boot0 error Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279416-boot0-error-on-previously-working-dell-mini-10v-slubuntu-dual/#findComment-1823657 Share on other sites More sharing options...
copil Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 the file it's sure copied? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279416-boot0-error-on-previously-working-dell-mini-10v-slubuntu-dual/#findComment-1823659 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugjah Posted May 30, 2012 Author Share Posted May 30, 2012 it seems like it did (both times), since several lines of code followed that said something like 1 of 1 file copied. Is there any way I can tell for sure that it copied? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279416-boot0-error-on-previously-working-dell-mini-10v-slubuntu-dual/#findComment-1823681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
copil Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 should give 2+0 records in 2+0 records out 1024 bytes transferred in 0.001325 secs (772893 bytes/sec) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279416-boot0-error-on-previously-working-dell-mini-10v-slubuntu-dual/#findComment-1823829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugjah Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 I tried it again just to be sure, and, yes, I got an output just like you described. still getting boot0: error By the way, I have been looking at my hfs volume with diskutil and in Ubuntu with gparted. It is really messed up! I can't mount the partition, i can't repair the partition (either in OsX disk utilities or with hfsprogs in Ubuntu). I have found several references to running pdisk to try to let the computer know how big the partition is and so on... e.g. http://www.nathanhein.com/tag/partition/ ...which might allow the partition to mount, but I can't figure out how to load and run pdisk on Ubuntu. When I try it in OsX terminal, it won't work (presumably because i am booting into the Os X install disk, and I can't set superuser permissions that way, sudo doesn't work etc.) So I am at a complete and utter loss. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279416-boot0-error-on-previously-working-dell-mini-10v-slubuntu-dual/#findComment-1823881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep357 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 have you reset your chameleon partition as the active partition using fdisk already? You can do it using terminal from OSX installer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279416-boot0-error-on-previously-working-dell-mini-10v-slubuntu-dual/#findComment-1823888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugjah Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 I did earlier (i.e. yesterday), but I had read at the time that the osX partition (i.e. HFS, my partition #2) should be the active one. In any case, I just tried setting chameleon (EFI, partition #1) as active using fdisk. Didn't work; still showing boot0: error Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279416-boot0-error-on-previously-working-dell-mini-10v-slubuntu-dual/#findComment-1823895 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep357 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 you are correct that it should be your osx partition, as I doubt you did a efi install as they are rare these days and based on above comments, you installed it to disk0s2 so that is the partition that should be active. Or just use cd bootloader to get back into system and reinstall with chameleon wizard to osx partition and choose option that includes "will active selected partition" and that will do all the stuff discussed in this thread in a click Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279416-boot0-error-on-previously-working-dell-mini-10v-slubuntu-dual/#findComment-1824778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugjah Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 sorry for the long delay, but here is the final word on this thread. Never could solve the problem. I did a clean install and all is well for one month now... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279416-boot0-error-on-previously-working-dell-mini-10v-slubuntu-dual/#findComment-1832194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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