Ubuntu 9.04 - uMBP

[BeSweeet]

I just installed Ubuntu 9.04 onto a small 10GB partition that I quickly made in Disk Utility (resized my HFS+ partition while leaving my Windows 7 one intact). Upon reboot, I hold Option, and it only shows the 2 partitions (OS X & Windows). I was hoping it would show the Ubuntu partition. Since it doesn't, I have to use the Windows 7 bootloader to boot into Ubuntu.

So, is there a way to edit my MacBook's bootloader to show all 3 partitions?

 

[zwaldowski]

Install rEFIt. It'll show you a boot chooser every time you boot - just don't use Option.

 

[BeSweeet]

I don't want to see a menu each time I boot. I just want to hold Option to view all 3 partitions (if possible). If not, I'll just use Windows 7's boot loader.

 

[BeSweeet]

So I tried install rEFIt, but it said I was on a PowerPC:

Kind of confused as to what to do from here... I'll mess with EasyBCD some more tomorrow. I think I need to update my version of GRUB but I can't find a binary release of GRUB2 anywhere (I just need the .mbr file I guess).

 

[macrem]

In grub, you can rename the "windows" label by editing /boot/grub/menu.lst

 

[BeSweeet]

I haven't even been able to get into GRUB. It stops at something like hd(0,2) <<my ext4 partition - the line looks something like this:
hd(0,2) ext2: _

The cursor just blinks at something like that. Maybe the version of GRUB I have doesn't support ext4. I have no idea how to upgrade it either. I used EasyBCD to install it.

 

[maflynn]

Just run the enable.sh in efi/refit directory that should bless the bootloader and allow rEFIt to work.

I've had no such problems with rEFIt on my unibody MBP. I'm running ubuntu 9.04 myself.

 

[BeSweeet]

I can't even install rEFIt. It thinks I'm on a PowerPC and won't install it.

I would use BootPicker but it doesn't bring up the interface.