Comments on: Dual, Triple, Quad Boot a Macbook with Mac OS X, Ubuntu Linux, Windows XP, and Windows Vista http://hydtechblog.com/2009/01/26/dual-triple-quad-boot-a-macbook-with-mac-os-x-ubuntu-linux-windows-xp-and-windows-vista/ anotha hyd anotha day Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:54:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: New quad boot MacBook Pro with i7 and SSD is fast « Life & Code http://hydtechblog.com/2009/01/26/dual-triple-quad-boot-a-macbook-with-mac-os-x-ubuntu-linux-windows-xp-and-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-4214 New quad boot MacBook Pro with i7 and SSD is fast « Life & Code Sun, 28 Nov 2010 04:33:11 +0000 http://hydtechblog.com/?p=3#comment-4214 [...] still slightly trailing my now-aging desktop’s Core i7 950. Along the way I found a great MacBook Pro quad boot guide (complete with loads of pictures) which is similar to the strategy I used to triple boot my last [...] [...] still slightly trailing my now-aging desktop’s Core i7 950. Along the way I found a great MacBook Pro quad boot guide (complete with loads of pictures) which is similar to the strategy I used to triple boot my last [...]

]]> By: Andrew http://hydtechblog.com/2009/01/26/dual-triple-quad-boot-a-macbook-with-mac-os-x-ubuntu-linux-windows-xp-and-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-2975 Andrew Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:20:17 +0000 http://hydtechblog.com/?p=3#comment-2975 This was a life saver. I had managed to get a dual boot and triple boot on my macbook pro ages ago but just got a new SSD and spend about 2 days researching installing SL on MBR disc and all other problems. In the end it was so simple!! Thank you! This was a life saver. I had managed to get a dual boot and triple boot on my macbook pro ages ago but just got a new SSD and spend about 2 days researching installing SL on MBR disc and all other problems.

In the end it was so simple!! Thank you!

]]> By: Where do I install the GRUB loader to on a Quad Boot Install? http://hydtechblog.com/2009/01/26/dual-triple-quad-boot-a-macbook-with-mac-os-x-ubuntu-linux-windows-xp-and-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-2890 Where do I install the GRUB loader to on a Quad Boot Install? Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:16:37 +0000 http://hydtechblog.com/?p=3#comment-2890 [...] site regarding a QUAD boot on a Macbook Pro. This is my 2nd attempt. As I followed this thread: http://hydtechblog.com/2009/01/26/du...windows-vista/ If anyone can quickly have a look & see if the instructions here make sense, as I've been [...] [...] site regarding a QUAD boot on a Macbook Pro. This is my 2nd attempt. As I followed this thread: http://hydtechblog.com/2009/01/26/du…windows-vista/ If anyone can quickly have a look & see if the instructions here make sense, as I've been [...]

]]> By: Chris Adams http://hydtechblog.com/2009/01/26/dual-triple-quad-boot-a-macbook-with-mac-os-x-ubuntu-linux-windows-xp-and-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-2860 Chris Adams Wed, 15 Sep 2010 03:09:10 +0000 http://hydtechblog.com/?p=3#comment-2860 This was perfect! Thanks a lot. This replaced the hours of trying and failing that I did on my own. Great screenshots and instructions. My WinXP sector became corrupted and would not boot the other day but the Windows 7 sector did automatic repairs on it when I booted into 7. Pretty cool! This was perfect! Thanks a lot. This replaced the hours of trying and failing that I did on my own. Great screenshots and instructions. My WinXP sector became corrupted and would not boot the other day but the Windows 7 sector did automatic repairs on it when I booted into 7. Pretty cool!

]]> By: Andy http://hydtechblog.com/2009/01/26/dual-triple-quad-boot-a-macbook-with-mac-os-x-ubuntu-linux-windows-xp-and-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-2820 Andy Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:37:00 +0000 http://hydtechblog.com/?p=3#comment-2820 Great tutorial, something I've been looking for a while. I successfully got to the 3rd operating system installed correctly. However on following the instructions for installing Ubuntu, that seems to have messed up & now one of the operating systems has disappeared from the initial rEFIt boot menu & Ubuntu doesn't boot up! I've tried to go back to Mac osx to remove the linux Swap space, but its not letting me remove or delete it to start again. I have spent hours on it, don't want to start from scratch again! I had: Win7 Storage Win Xp Mac Osx Free Space The version of ubuntu I installed is the latest one out from their site 10.0.4 http://www.ubuntu.com/ Any help would be welcome. Thanks. husky2@inbox.com Great tutorial, something I’ve been looking for a while.

I successfully got to the 3rd operating system installed correctly.

However on following the instructions for installing Ubuntu, that seems to have messed up & now one of the operating systems has disappeared from the initial rEFIt boot menu & Ubuntu doesn’t boot up!

I’ve tried to go back to Mac osx to remove the linux Swap space, but its not letting me remove or delete it to start again.

I have spent hours on it, don’t want to start from scratch again!

I had:

Win7
Storage
Win Xp
Mac Osx
Free Space

The version of ubuntu I installed is the latest one out from their site 10.0.4
http://www.ubuntu.com/

Any help would be welcome.

Thanks.

husky2@inbox.com

]]> By: Grandblabla http://hydtechblog.com/2009/01/26/dual-triple-quad-boot-a-macbook-with-mac-os-x-ubuntu-linux-windows-xp-and-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-2138 Grandblabla Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:21:36 +0000 http://hydtechblog.com/?p=3#comment-2138 Once more: Great, great work for that tutorial! The way to make the install is clean so far and as easiest as possible, compar to many other tutorial I found! Unfortunatly for me, i'm stuck with the same problem as Archie excepted that I'm using Ubuntu 10.04... And no solution found yet! Any idea? Once more: Great, great work for that tutorial! The way to make the install is clean so far and as easiest as possible, compar to many other tutorial I found!

Unfortunatly for me, i’m stuck with the same problem as Archie excepted that I’m using Ubuntu 10.04… And no solution found yet!
Any idea?

]]> By: bob http://hydtechblog.com/2009/01/26/dual-triple-quad-boot-a-macbook-with-mac-os-x-ubuntu-linux-windows-xp-and-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-2137 bob Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:15:28 +0000 http://hydtechblog.com/?p=3#comment-2137 Trying win7 instead of vista: installed upto and including winxp. Rebooted before doing any ubuntu stuff and went into OSX. Rebooted and went into Win7 and got "error loading operating system" error. ps. my macbook cd drive is not supported by rEFIt so i had to install off cd using C key on keyboard rather than selecting cd in boot menu. Trying win7 instead of vista:

installed upto and including winxp. Rebooted before doing any ubuntu stuff and went into OSX. Rebooted and went into Win7 and got “error loading operating system” error.

ps. my macbook cd drive is not supported by rEFIt so i had to install off cd using C key on keyboard rather than selecting cd in boot menu.

]]> By: djimi http://hydtechblog.com/2009/01/26/dual-triple-quad-boot-a-macbook-with-mac-os-x-ubuntu-linux-windows-xp-and-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-2121 djimi Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:27:25 +0000 http://hydtechblog.com/?p=3#comment-2121 Desire: OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard), Windows 7, Windows XP, Ubuntu 9~10 Thanks for the tutorial - but I'm in the same boat as the previous comments. I installed to (hd0,2) and can't boot into Linux (9.1) and I don't even see Windows 7 (My choice instead of Vista) from rEFIt. Robert Elkow are you there? Did you find a solution? What am I doing wrong? I thought I was wrong with a step the previous 3 times I started from scratch, but this time I made sure I followed it precisely. I did and it doesn't work. Anybody with a better link or tutorial for a QUAD BOOT macbook, with current bootcamp drivers etc.? Thanks for the help Desire: OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard), Windows 7, Windows XP, Ubuntu 9~10

Thanks for the tutorial – but I’m in the same boat as the previous comments. I installed to (hd0,2) and can’t boot into Linux (9.1) and I don’t even see Windows 7 (My choice instead of Vista) from rEFIt. Robert Elkow are you there? Did you find a solution? What am I doing wrong?

I thought I was wrong with a step the previous 3 times I started from scratch, but this time I made sure I followed it precisely. I did and it doesn’t work. Anybody with a better link or tutorial for a QUAD BOOT macbook, with current bootcamp drivers etc.?

Thanks for the help

]]> By: Archie http://hydtechblog.com/2009/01/26/dual-triple-quad-boot-a-macbook-with-mac-os-x-ubuntu-linux-windows-xp-and-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-1637 Archie Thu, 13 May 2010 00:14:51 +0000 http://hydtechblog.com/?p=3#comment-1637 Thank you so much for the guide. In my experience so far, everything has worked for installing OSX, Windows 7, and XP. However, once I got to Kubuntu 10.04, rEFIt would report it as "Legacy OS." I quickly discovered the solution was to update rEFIt. But my new problem is booting Win7. I can boot it through Grub, but any attempt to boot through rEFIt causes the mac to report "Unable to load windows." Every other OS boots fine from rEFIt. I'm not sure where the issue is, nor do I know enough about linux/grub to attempt to fix it. Any ideas? Thank you so much for the guide. In my experience so far, everything has worked for installing OSX, Windows 7, and XP. However, once I got to Kubuntu 10.04, rEFIt would report it as “Legacy OS.” I quickly discovered the solution was to update rEFIt. But my new problem is booting Win7. I can boot it through Grub, but any attempt to boot through rEFIt causes the mac to report “Unable to load windows.” Every other OS boots fine from rEFIt. I’m not sure where the issue is, nor do I know enough about linux/grub to attempt to fix it. Any ideas?

]]> By: sean http://hydtechblog.com/2009/01/26/dual-triple-quad-boot-a-macbook-with-mac-os-x-ubuntu-linux-windows-xp-and-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-1408 sean Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:40:15 +0000 http://hydtechblog.com/?p=3#comment-1408 I'm currently running on a triple booted mac: snow leopard, ubunutu 9.10, and windows 7. But I want to shrink my snow leopard partition down by 100 Gig and use that extra space to create a data partition that all three OSes can read from and write too. Is there a way to do that without having to reformat my hard drive and start with step 1 in your instruction? I’m currently running on a triple booted mac: snow leopard, ubunutu 9.10, and windows 7. But I want to shrink my snow leopard partition down by 100 Gig and use that extra space to create a data partition that all three OSes can read from and write too. Is there a way to do that without having to reformat my hard drive and start with step 1 in your instruction?

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