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#1 2011-07-17 13:41:44

giowck
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Registered: 2011-07-13
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[SOLVED] [INSTALL] Arch on iMac, tripleboot using Bootcamp

Hi,

I have been searching on this topic(google, forum, wiki), but I haven't found anything, the reuslts are outdated or incomplete etc...

So my question is: Is there a way to install Arch using the bootcamp tool, without rEFIt?

Currently I'm running Ubuntu and Windows using bootcamp and grub2, without any manual or special configuration... How is this possible? I mean, I thought there would be problems with GPT table format and so on.

Anyone successfully running this tripleboot configuration?
When installing Arch do I have to install grub2 or just the normal legacy grub?

Any step-by-step guide?

Hope you can help me out. Thank you!

Last edited by giowck (2011-07-18 22:55:25)

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#2 2011-07-17 23:47:55

H20
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Re: [SOLVED] [INSTALL] Arch on iMac, tripleboot using Bootcamp

u try this ?? :

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MacBookPro

Last edited by H20 (2011-07-17 23:48:09)

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#3 2011-07-18 22:54:39

giowck
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Re: [SOLVED] [INSTALL] Arch on iMac, tripleboot using Bootcamp

OK after my 4th attempt, i got it big_smile

My initial situation
fdsik -l (GPT table format)

   Gerät  boot.     Anfang        Ende     Blöcke   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1          26      204819+  ee  GPT
/dev/sda2              26       36747   294963432   af  HFS / HFS+
/dev/sda3   *       61682       77826   129678336    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4           36747       61438   198331055   83  Linux

So, I had Ubuntu running on sda4 (ext4).

What I did
1. Installed rEFIT on Mac OS X, and after two reboots it showed up.
2. In the rEFIT menu, Synchronized with the Partition tool my MBR and GPT table.
3. Opened Gparted on an ubuntu live cd, in order to format my ext4 partition
4. Installed Arch using the normal installation procedure, but I skipped the partitioning section, I did only the file system mountpoints step, selecting my sda4 partition.
5. Installed grub (not grub2) on /dev/sda, the mbr (not /dev/sda4), and activated the windows section in menu.lst
6. After reboot, I selected from rEFIT the Windows logo (linux logo doesn't work), through the windows logo i get in the standard grub menu, where I can select Windows or Arch! smile

Now I'll remove rEFIT and boot trough normal mac os x's bootcamp tool. (if you select windows you get in the grub menu)

Hope this helps someone!

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