Ok so I got dualboot setup and was working. I could boot into Mac and or Gentoo. Then all of the sudden I could not boot into Mac anymore. I would get grey screen with dark grey apple logo. I would get the spinning line wheel and it would just sit there. Let me explain how I did all this:
So here is what I did for the partition table
For installing grub I did
After install and I rebooted I had refit sync the mbr. I shutdown and started back up. Everything worked. Then a few days later I could not longer boot into the mac side of things. Any ideas why? I have the white macbook 5,2
- Installed Mac on single partition
- Did all the updates
- Ran boot camp partitioner and hit save and do later
- Installed Refit. Rebooted twice to make sure it worked
- Rebooted and started to install gentoo
So here is what I did for the partition table
- sda1 efi
- sda2 Mac
- sda3 Linux Root
- sda4 Swap
For installing grub I did
- root (hd0,2)
- setup (hd0,2)
After install and I rebooted I had refit sync the mbr. I shutdown and started back up. Everything worked. Then a few days later I could not longer boot into the mac side of things. Any ideas why? I have the white macbook 5,2