Detosx Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 My partition table looks like this (for want of being able to move and resize the HFS+ partition without risk) Partition 1: Windows Vista Partition 2: Ubuntu (formally I installed as an extended partition because there were too many primary partitions - read that OS X is not comfortable with that, so deleted all Primary storeage partitions and installed Ubuntu on Primary partition. Partition 3: OS X Grub was able to see the OS X partition but not boot from it. Ubuntu could see the OS X partition and I could access it to a point but no the OS X desktop where my files are - told me I don't have the privillages to do that. I tried the fdisk -u /dev/rdisk0s3 and fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 and flagged the OS X partition as active but... no joy. I get the HFS+ partition error message. I formatted the Ubuntu partition but then the Grub boot manager remained in damaged for. I used the Super Grub disk to try and get rid of it. The net effect was that using Disk Utility from my OS X DVD showed the OS X partition as now being a Linux partition! Frustrated I made a Linux primary partition and swap, reinstalled Ubuntu to it. The OS X partition was again readable, but no permission to access my files (initially you are asked for admin password (ubuntu) to access the OS X partition but no permission to access the OS X desktop where my files are stored. Any suggestions are hugely welcome - I hope to avoid using a data reclaiming program and a reinstall of OS X. It took an age to get things to work perfectly! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67242-installed-ubuntu-and-now-cant-boot-os-x-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
qubito Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Try getting a hold of and using Super Grub Disk and booting up from there. Generally I tend to find that using Acronis OS selector instead of Grub is much better. Hope this helps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67242-installed-ubuntu-and-now-cant-boot-os-x-help/#findComment-478473 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detosx Posted October 27, 2007 Author Share Posted October 27, 2007 Try getting a hold of and using Super Grub Disk and booting up from there. Generally I tend to find that using Acronis OS selector instead of Grub is much better. Hope this helps.Hi qubito. As you might imagine I tried both of those, too, though I prefer Darwin and would be sad not to get it back; it's quicker and less clunky. Meantime I will keep the install DVD in and F8 boot through that, only takes three extra seconds, just a bit of a hassle. I think I have covered all bases and suspect my instillation is damaged. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67242-installed-ubuntu-and-now-cant-boot-os-x-help/#findComment-483333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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