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kr0ots

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Registered: 2012-07-03

Posts: 1

Can not boot Arch with a Macbook pro 7.1

Today i endly decide to put a Linux in dual boot onmy macbook 7.1

I parted the HDD with Gparted like this :

refit / MacOSX / boot / root / home

I installed Arch succefully, folowing the tuto about the macbook specific install.

When it ends with the bootloader install screen i get an issue, i simply can't select the boot(/dev/sda3) partition to install GRUB in it - it only propose sda..

then i reboot, try to sync the partition table with REfit but it says it's ok...

Sounds weird but ok, i put a Ubuntu LiveCD in my macbook and reboot with it. Try to install Grub this way but it desn't work too :

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo grub-install --root-directory=/media/4d63602e-5572-4279-bee8-026a94932e91 /dev/sda3
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partitionless disk or to a partition.  This is a BAD idea..
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible.  GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists.  However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: error: will not proceed with blocklists.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ 

I'm pretty out of solution now, do you have any clues to fix my grub ?

Last edited by kr0ots (2012-07-03 22:19:25)

sonoran

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From: sonoran desert

Registered: 2009-01-12

Posts: 192

Re: Can not boot Arch with a Macbook pro 7.1

Sounds weird but ok, i put a Ubuntu LiveCD in my macbook and reboot with it. Try to install Grub this way but it desn't work too

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gr … nless_Disk