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larsalan

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Aug 30, 2007
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does anyone know where is a good place to talk aboot rEFIt?

i have spent 17g of 50g for a linux system that I dunno how to install?

here are the partitioning specs:

*** Report for internal hard disk ***

Current GPT partition table:
# Start LBA End LBA Type
1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)
2 409640 79608999 Mac OS X HFS+
3 79871144 116948055 Mac OS X UFS

Current MBR partition table:
# A Start LBA End LBA Type
1 1 409639 ee EFI Protective
2 * 409640 79608999 af Mac OS X HFS+
3 79871144 116948055 a8 Mac OS X UFS

MBR contents:
Boot Code: Unknown, but bootable

Partition at LBA 40:
Boot Code: None (Non-system disk message)
File System: FAT32
Listed in GPT as partition 1, type EFI System (FAT)

Partition at LBA 409640:
Boot Code: None
File System: HFS Extended (HFS+)
Listed in GPT as partition 2, type Mac OS X HFS+
Listed in MBR as partition 2, type af Mac OS X HFS+, active

Partition at LBA 79871144:
Boot Code: None
File System: Unknown
Listed in GPT as partition 3, type Mac OS X UFS
Listed in MBR as partition 3, type a8 Mac OS X UFS



i made the 17g partition a "unix"-type as i recall.
i would like to get that 17g back if i cannot boot linux in there but, i dunno how to do that either without losing all my software and changes etc.

help?
thanks
 
Well, heres what you should do:

Download ubuntu and run the installer on the disk. There is a partition manager. Using it, reformat that 17gig partition to ext3 except for 512mb of it. With the remaining 512Mb, format that as a swap partition. Then tell the installer to install the the ext3 partition and set the swap to the swap partition.
 
thanks

right on man.
I had not read your post however, i tried using a 32bit ubuntu disk and rEFIt let me boot from it.
thereupon offering a partition manager.
also, i tried gOS before this and it worked also.
-thanks-
 
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