Comments for Dark Liquid http://darkliquid.co.uk Rainy Days Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:57:33 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 Comment on Macbook Triple-Boot with OSX Leopard, Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.04 by Steve http://darkliquid.co.uk/2009/05/23/macbook-triple-boot-with-osx-leopard-windows-7-and-ubuntu-904/comment-page-1/#comment-261 Steve Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:57:33 +0000 http://darkliquid.co.uk/?p=230#comment-261 I'm not sure what I did with the boot loader when I installed ubuntu I can't remember if there were any options as to where to install it. Any how, I wiped everything and reinstalled osx and now I'm pretty much where I was before I started all this. Not sure if I want to try this again any time soon. But thank you so much for your help. I’m not sure what I did with the boot loader when I installed ubuntu I can’t remember if there were any options as to where to install it. Any how, I wiped everything and reinstalled osx and now I’m pretty much where I was before I started all this. Not sure if I want to try this again any time soon. But thank you so much for your help.

]]> Comment on Macbook Triple-Boot with OSX Leopard, Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.04 by Dark Liquid http://darkliquid.co.uk/2009/05/23/macbook-triple-boot-with-osx-leopard-windows-7-and-ubuntu-904/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Dark Liquid Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:43:02 +0000 http://darkliquid.co.uk/?p=230#comment-260 Hmm, not sure what is going on there. When you installed the Ubuntu installation you made sure to select to install the bootloader on the same partition as the main linux partition and didn't let the installer mess around with any of the existing partitions, right? That's all I can think might have caused it. If you installed the bootloader onto the MBR, you probably want to uninstall it. I'm guessing here though and any suggestions I have might just make things worse, so bear that in mind. As far as I am aware you can't actually uninstall the bootloader, just overwrite it so I expect you'll want to let the Win7 tools do that. I have no idea how to actually fix bootloader problems with Win7 but I imagine booting off of the win7 install disk and using it to boot the installed win7 system should allow you to repair the win7 install or it might magically offer some way to fix it itself once booted or from within the cd boot menu. Assuming that is done and you can reach th epoint where you can boot into the win7 partition (and your osx partition still works) you can try reinstalling the bootloader in linux but make 100% sure you do not install it into the MBR but instead install it onto the partition the actual linux root fs is on. You may also need to edit your grub config. Hmm, not sure what is going on there. When you installed the Ubuntu installation you made sure to select to install the bootloader on the same partition as the main linux partition and didn’t let the installer mess around with any of the existing partitions, right? That’s all I can think might have caused it.

If you installed the bootloader onto the MBR, you probably want to uninstall it. I’m guessing here though and any suggestions I have might just make things worse, so bear that in mind.

As far as I am aware you can’t actually uninstall the bootloader, just overwrite it so I expect you’ll want to let the Win7 tools do that. I have no idea how to actually fix bootloader problems with Win7 but I imagine booting off of the win7 install disk and using it to boot the installed win7 system should allow you to repair the win7 install or it might magically offer some way to fix it itself once booted or from within the cd boot menu.

Assuming that is done and you can reach th epoint where you can boot into the win7 partition (and your osx partition still works) you can try reinstalling the bootloader in linux but make 100% sure you do not install it into the MBR but instead install it onto the partition the actual linux root fs is on. You may also need to edit your grub config.

]]> Comment on Macbook Triple-Boot with OSX Leopard, Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.04 by Steve http://darkliquid.co.uk/2009/05/23/macbook-triple-boot-with-osx-leopard-windows-7-and-ubuntu-904/comment-page-1/#comment-259 Steve Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:33:24 +0000 http://darkliquid.co.uk/?p=230#comment-259 Crap, now Win7 doesn't boot anymore either, it just sits there at the gray windows flag icon and not doing a thing. Crap, now Win7 doesn’t boot anymore either, it just sits there at the gray windows flag icon and not doing a thing.

]]> Comment on Macbook Triple-Boot with OSX Leopard, Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.04 by Steve http://darkliquid.co.uk/2009/05/23/macbook-triple-boot-with-osx-leopard-windows-7-and-ubuntu-904/comment-page-1/#comment-258 Steve Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:30:40 +0000 http://darkliquid.co.uk/?p=230#comment-258 Back again... I got Ubuntu installed and it worked but I think after I installed all the system updates and tried to reboot, all I get now the grub command line when I choose to boot into Ubuntu. Back again… I got Ubuntu installed and it worked but I think after I installed all the system updates and tried to reboot, all I get now the grub command line when I choose to boot into Ubuntu.

]]> Comment on Macbook Triple-Boot with OSX Leopard, Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.04 by Steve http://darkliquid.co.uk/2009/05/23/macbook-triple-boot-with-osx-leopard-windows-7-and-ubuntu-904/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Steve Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:33:56 +0000 http://darkliquid.co.uk/?p=230#comment-257 Hmmm... ok I guess I'll have to try that. Thanks so much for your help and quick replies. Hmmm… ok I guess I’ll have to try that. Thanks so much for your help and quick replies.

]]> Comment on Macbook Triple-Boot with OSX Leopard, Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.04 by Dark Liquid http://darkliquid.co.uk/2009/05/23/macbook-triple-boot-with-osx-leopard-windows-7-and-ubuntu-904/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Dark Liquid Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:05:46 +0000 http://darkliquid.co.uk/?p=230#comment-256 You may notice I updated the post regarding this. Installing the snow leopard prerelease boot camp drivers solve pretty much all power management and brightness control issues and I've found linux runs more or less the same as OSX regarding power management after I followed all the instructions on the article I linked to regarding running ubuntu on the macbook. Yes, there is an element of risk here, I can't promise you that your mac won't burst into flames but I've been running mine fine for quite a while now and my mac seems to survive running for several hours in either linux or win7 without incident on my 3 year old hardware. You may notice I updated the post regarding this. Installing the snow leopard prerelease boot camp drivers solve pretty much all power management and brightness control issues and I’ve found linux runs more or less the same as OSX regarding power management after I followed all the instructions on the article I linked to regarding running ubuntu on the macbook.

Yes, there is an element of risk here, I can’t promise you that your mac won’t burst into flames but I’ve been running mine fine for quite a while now and my mac seems to survive running for several hours in either linux or win7 without incident on my 3 year old hardware.

]]> Comment on Macbook Triple-Boot with OSX Leopard, Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.04 by Steve http://darkliquid.co.uk/2009/05/23/macbook-triple-boot-with-osx-leopard-windows-7-and-ubuntu-904/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Steve Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:39:34 +0000 http://darkliquid.co.uk/?p=230#comment-255 Ok I finally got the thing running BUT I noticed 2 big problems. 1. You can't adjust the brightness, its stuck on the brightest setting. 2. The system runs hot. Although running Win7 works on a MacBook, I don't think I want to risk damaging my system by running it with these problems. Have you or anyone else been able to solve this? I'm assuming that I'm going to have the same problem when I try to install Ubuntu. Should I even bother trying? Ok I finally got the thing running BUT I noticed 2 big problems. 1. You can’t adjust the brightness, its stuck on the brightest setting. 2. The system runs hot. Although running Win7 works on a MacBook, I don’t think I want to risk damaging my system by running it with these problems. Have you or anyone else been able to solve this? I’m assuming that I’m going to have the same problem when I try to install Ubuntu. Should I even bother trying?

]]> Comment on Macbook Triple-Boot with OSX Leopard, Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.04 by Steve http://darkliquid.co.uk/2009/05/23/macbook-triple-boot-with-osx-leopard-windows-7-and-ubuntu-904/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Steve Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:23:28 +0000 http://darkliquid.co.uk/?p=230#comment-254 Hey it's working now and I don't know why :). I tried rebooting it one more time just for kicks and it detected it. It's installing right now. I may be back for questions when I try to install Ubuntu tho. Thanks. Hey it’s working now and I don’t know why :) . I tried rebooting it one more time just for kicks and it detected it. It’s installing right now. I may be back for questions when I try to install Ubuntu tho. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Macbook Triple-Boot with OSX Leopard, Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.04 by Steve http://darkliquid.co.uk/2009/05/23/macbook-triple-boot-with-osx-leopard-windows-7-and-ubuntu-904/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Steve Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:08:07 +0000 http://darkliquid.co.uk/?p=230#comment-253 Ok there was definitely something wrong with the first disk. OSX was not even able to mount it. I reburned it at 2x and now it can at least mount it and see its contents but when I try to boot with it, I get an error message that it's not a system disk. Sorry to keep bugging you about this but I desperately want to get this to work. Thanks so much for your help. Ok there was definitely something wrong with the first disk. OSX was not even able to mount it. I reburned it at 2x and now it can at least mount it and see its contents but when I try to boot with it, I get an error message that it’s not a system disk. Sorry to keep bugging you about this but I desperately want to get this to work. Thanks so much for your help.

]]> Comment on Macbook Triple-Boot with OSX Leopard, Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.04 by Dark Liquid http://darkliquid.co.uk/2009/05/23/macbook-triple-boot-with-osx-leopard-windows-7-and-ubuntu-904/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Dark Liquid Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:24:55 +0000 http://darkliquid.co.uk/?p=230#comment-252 Sounds like your DVD didn't burn the bootloader on properly. I've had issues with other software where the data has been fine but the bootloader for some reason didn't work. Usually a reburn of the disk on slow settings sorts that out. Sounds like your DVD didn’t burn the bootloader on properly. I’ve had issues with other software where the data has been fine but the bootloader for some reason didn’t work. Usually a reburn of the disk on slow settings sorts that out.

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