l3opard Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I know there are tons of guides but i haven't found a working one for me. So please bear and help me out. This is my situation. I have osx tiger on first partition (uphuck) and ubuntu on the second. Currently I boot directly into osx. I tried F8 but I don't see the linux option. I have heard and read that people have gootten it to work with grub and but I don't know how to get to grub if I can't boot into linux itself. If it is possible to add linux to the osx boot loader then that 's fine too or I don't mind using grub as long as it works..No option for windows..I have got it working with windows/osx/ubuntu before using Acronis. But this one has only osx and ubuntu. Much appreciated. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83019-sorrybut-need-help-for-dual-boot-osxubuntu/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
l3opard Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 Anyone please? No one is using linux for dual boot? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83019-sorrybut-need-help-for-dual-boot-osxubuntu/#findComment-589584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukvinny Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 google a howto on reinstalling grub theres loads around and most are pretty easy to follow there is another method which im not sure works, youd be better off just reinstalling grub manually but anyway if you boot the ubuntu live/alternate CD start the install and when you get to the part about partitions then select manual but DONT CHANGE ANYTHING click continue and it should skip the install and just reinstall grub, i cant tell you it works since iv never tried it just read it on the forums Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83019-sorrybut-need-help-for-dual-boot-osxubuntu/#findComment-593714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
l3opard Posted January 25, 2008 Author Share Posted January 25, 2008 Thanks ukvinny ..appreciate your input. I hope when I reinstall grub it doesn't mess up the HFS boot (i would need that working to set it up correctly in grub..) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83019-sorrybut-need-help-for-dual-boot-osxubuntu/#findComment-594248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
justaguy Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Check post # 11 I used this very simple method to boot OSx on my master hard-drive, and Debian on the slave hard-drive. I installed OSx first, didn't bother booting it before I installed Debian. While installing grub, I was notified that linux did not recognize any other os on this computer. I then installed grub to the MBR, and rebooted into linux. Once in linux, I edited grub.lst using post #11 as a template Success! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83019-sorrybut-need-help-for-dual-boot-osxubuntu/#findComment-621232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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