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<blockquote data-quote="richardcavell" data-source="post: 855224" data-attributes="member: 104243"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I have one partition that is EFI, one partition that is OS 10.4 (with /efi for reFit), one partition that is Ubuntu 9.04 (with grub).</p><p></p><p>I recently created a fourth partition and installed Windows 7 from the CD. It seemed to work fine. However, reFit does not recognize it upon startup. I can boot into it by leaving the Windows 7 CD in the drive. What do I need to twiddle to make refit see Windows 7 on the fourth partition? </p><p></p><p>Also, notice that my GPT and MBR tables are not in sync. But it's the MBR one that is correct. Refit offers a facility (gptsync) to fix the MBR, but it's the GPT that I want changed. I don't intend to have a linux swap partition. I initially created my Windows partition by converting my linux swap partition into an NTFS partition.</p><p></p><p>I don't have Boot Camp, so I'm doing this the hard way.</p><p></p><p>Richard</p><p></p><p></p><p>*** Report for internal hard disk ***</p><p></p><p>Current GPT partition table:</p><p> # Start LBA End LBA Type</p><p> 1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)</p><p> 2 409640 55713419 Mac OS X HFS+</p><p> 3 55713420 72115784 Basic Data</p><p> 4 72115785 88502084 Linux Swap</p><p></p><p>Current MBR partition table:</p><p> # A Start LBA End LBA Type</p><p> 1 1 409639 ee EFI Protective</p><p> 2 409640 55713419 af Mac OS X HFS+</p><p> 3 * 55713420 72115784 83 Linux</p><p> 4 72116224 117207039 07 NTFS/HPFS</p><p></p><p>MBR contents:</p><p> Boot Code: Unknown, but bootable</p><p></p><p>Partition at LBA 40:</p><p> Boot Code: None (Non-system disk message)</p><p> File System: FAT32</p><p> Listed in GPT as partition 1, type EFI System (FAT)</p><p></p><p>Partition at LBA 409640:</p><p> Boot Code: None</p><p> File System: HFS Extended (HFS+)</p><p> Listed in GPT as partition 2, type Mac OS X HFS+</p><p> Listed in MBR as partition 2, type af Mac OS X HFS+</p><p></p><p>Partition at LBA 55713420:</p><p> Boot Code: GRUB</p><p> File System: ext3</p><p> Listed in GPT as partition 3, type Basic Data</p><p> Listed in MBR as partition 3, type 83 Linux, active</p><p></p><p>Partition at LBA 72115785:</p><p> Boot Code: None</p><p> File System: Unknown</p><p> Listed in GPT as partition 4, type Linux Swap</p><p></p><p>Partition at LBA 72116224:</p><p> Boot Code: Windows BOOTMGR (Vista)</p><p> File System: NTFS</p><p> Listed in MBR as partition 4, type 07 NTFS/HPFS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="richardcavell, post: 855224, member: 104243"] Hi, I have one partition that is EFI, one partition that is OS 10.4 (with /efi for reFit), one partition that is Ubuntu 9.04 (with grub). I recently created a fourth partition and installed Windows 7 from the CD. It seemed to work fine. However, reFit does not recognize it upon startup. I can boot into it by leaving the Windows 7 CD in the drive. What do I need to twiddle to make refit see Windows 7 on the fourth partition? Also, notice that my GPT and MBR tables are not in sync. But it's the MBR one that is correct. Refit offers a facility (gptsync) to fix the MBR, but it's the GPT that I want changed. I don't intend to have a linux swap partition. I initially created my Windows partition by converting my linux swap partition into an NTFS partition. I don't have Boot Camp, so I'm doing this the hard way. Richard *** Report for internal hard disk *** Current GPT partition table: # Start LBA End LBA Type 1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT) 2 409640 55713419 Mac OS X HFS+ 3 55713420 72115784 Basic Data 4 72115785 88502084 Linux Swap Current MBR partition table: # A Start LBA End LBA Type 1 1 409639 ee EFI Protective 2 409640 55713419 af Mac OS X HFS+ 3 * 55713420 72115784 83 Linux 4 72116224 117207039 07 NTFS/HPFS MBR contents: Boot Code: Unknown, but bootable Partition at LBA 40: Boot Code: None (Non-system disk message) File System: FAT32 Listed in GPT as partition 1, type EFI System (FAT) Partition at LBA 409640: Boot Code: None File System: HFS Extended (HFS+) Listed in GPT as partition 2, type Mac OS X HFS+ Listed in MBR as partition 2, type af Mac OS X HFS+ Partition at LBA 55713420: Boot Code: GRUB File System: ext3 Listed in GPT as partition 3, type Basic Data Listed in MBR as partition 3, type 83 Linux, active Partition at LBA 72115785: Boot Code: None File System: Unknown Listed in GPT as partition 4, type Linux Swap Partition at LBA 72116224: Boot Code: Windows BOOTMGR (Vista) File System: NTFS Listed in MBR as partition 4, type 07 NTFS/HPFS [/QUOTE]
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