I'll throw all the details here so this might be long:
I'm running a MacbookPro4.1 (Early 2008 model).
Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 4GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 512MB
Software: OS X 10.8.2 (12C60)
Boot ROM Version: MBP41.00C1.B03
I fresh installed Mountain Lion. Then set up three addition partitions. I installed Windows 7, and updated it. WIndows 7 still worked at that point. Then, I installed Linux Mint. I followed the instructions on this thread that has more details:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1908210
Toward the end of the guide, I installed Gdisk and ran:
(to clear up the confusion, although partition 3 says to be Linux, it is windows and partition 5 is linux)
After writing it, it didn't change the table. I re-booted on a live Linux Mint OS, ran gdisk and it gave me the same table with partition number 5 as 0700. I rewrote it, and partition 5 still remains as 0700. However, although 0700 is correct for partition number 3, so shouldn't it still boot windows?
Then I opened the fdisk and here is what I got:
If you have any other ideas throw them out there and I will be happy to hear; however, I am generally looking for one of two conclusions:
a) How to fix the tables to boot Windows and Linux or
b) How to remove the partitions and fix the tables so that I can restart and dual-boot Linux and Mac OS X
I'm running a MacbookPro4.1 (Early 2008 model).
Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 4GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 512MB
Software: OS X 10.8.2 (12C60)
Boot ROM Version: MBP41.00C1.B03
I fresh installed Mountain Lion. Then set up three addition partitions. I installed Windows 7, and updated it. WIndows 7 still worked at that point. Then, I installed Linux Mint. I followed the instructions on this thread that has more details:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1908210
Toward the end of the guide, I installed Gdisk and ran:
Code:
sudo gdisk /dev/disk0
Password:
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.5
Partition table scan:
MBR: hybrid
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: present
Found valid GPT with hybrid MBR; using GPT.
Command (? for help): r
Recovery/transformation command (? for help): p
Disk /dev/disk0: 488397168 sectors, 232.9 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): 7309B92F-DD71-449D-9D9B-F2E29E86E591
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 488397134
Partitions will be aligned on 1-sector boundaries
Total free space is 1272637 sectors (621.4 MiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 40 409639 200.0 MiB EF00 EFI System Partition
2 409640 330877591 157.6 GiB AF00 Mac OS X
3 332148736 391002111 28.1 GiB 0700 Linux
4 391002112 430063615 18.6 GiB 0700 NOTHING
5 430064613 488396644 27.8 GiB 0700
Recovery/transformation command (? for help): h
WARNING! Hybrid MBRs are flaky and dangerous! If you decide not to use one,
just hit the Enter key at the below prompt and your MBR partition table will
be untouched.
Type from one to three GPT partition numbers, separated by spaces, to be
added to the hybrid MBR, in sequence: 2 3 5
Place EFI GPT (0xEE) partition first in MBR (good for GRUB)? (Y/N): y
Creating entry for GPT partition #2 (MBR partition #2)
Enter an MBR hex code (default AF):
Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): n
Creating entry for GPT partition #3 (MBR partition #3)
Enter an MBR hex code (default 07):
Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): n
Creating entry for GPT partition #5 (MBR partition #4)
Enter an MBR hex code (default 07): 83
Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): n
Recovery/transformation command (? for help): w
Final checks complete. About to write GPT data. THIS WILL OVERWRITE EXISTING
PARTITIONS!!
Do you want to proceed? (Y/N): y
OK; writing new GUID partition table (GPT) to /dev/disk0.
Warning: The kernel may continue to use old or deleted partitions.
You should reboot or remove the drive.
The operation has completed successfully.After writing it, it didn't change the table. I re-booted on a live Linux Mint OS, ran gdisk and it gave me the same table with partition number 5 as 0700. I rewrote it, and partition 5 still remains as 0700. However, although 0700 is correct for partition number 3, so shouldn't it still boot windows?
Then I opened the fdisk and here is what I got:
Code:
sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Password:
Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 30401/255/63 [488397168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
Starting Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1: EE 0 0 2 - 25 127 14 [ 1 - 409639] <Unknown ID>
2: AF 25 127 15 - 1023 254 63 [ 409640 - 330467952] HFS+
3: 07 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 332148736 - 58853376] HPFS/QNX/AUX
4: 83 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 430064613 - 58332032] Linux files*If you have any other ideas throw them out there and I will be happy to hear; however, I am generally looking for one of two conclusions:
a) How to fix the tables to boot Windows and Linux or
b) How to remove the partitions and fix the tables so that I can restart and dual-boot Linux and Mac OS X