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Tri-Boot: Problems setting up Linux
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<blockquote data-quote="Raquinator" data-source="post: 1281858" data-attributes="member: 211297"><p>Hi all. I've been working this past week on trying to setup a triple boot on my MacBook. I ended up partitioning my hard drive using Boot Camp, and now I have Windows/Mac running. I've also installed rEFIt, which is the boot manager I read about in numerous articles, including one from LifeHacker. My problem now is, I'm trying to edit the Mac OSX partiton. It's currently at 550GB, and I'm trying to drop it to 500GB with the remainder going to Linux. Anytime I try to partition the drive using Disk Utility though, it fails because it can't read the partition map. Additionally, I tried installing Linux Mint via CD without having any free space, and it automatically wants to partition Windows, which I don't want, since it's currently at 199GB, which is less than I originally wanted for it. My current partition is something like:</p><p>|--------------OS X Lion---------------||-----Windows-------|</p><p></p><p>What are all my options at this point? If I failed to re-partition the drive through the Linux installer and Disk Utility, I'm thinking that I'll have to erase the disk, and manually re-partition everything? Thank you so much for any help, also. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> This has been bothering me the past week. <img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Shouting.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":Shouting:" title="Shouting :Shouting:" data-shortname=":Shouting:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raquinator, post: 1281858, member: 211297"] Hi all. I've been working this past week on trying to setup a triple boot on my MacBook. I ended up partitioning my hard drive using Boot Camp, and now I have Windows/Mac running. I've also installed rEFIt, which is the boot manager I read about in numerous articles, including one from LifeHacker. My problem now is, I'm trying to edit the Mac OSX partiton. It's currently at 550GB, and I'm trying to drop it to 500GB with the remainder going to Linux. Anytime I try to partition the drive using Disk Utility though, it fails because it can't read the partition map. Additionally, I tried installing Linux Mint via CD without having any free space, and it automatically wants to partition Windows, which I don't want, since it's currently at 199GB, which is less than I originally wanted for it. My current partition is something like: |--------------OS X Lion---------------||-----Windows-------| What are all my options at this point? If I failed to re-partition the drive through the Linux installer and Disk Utility, I'm thinking that I'll have to erase the disk, and manually re-partition everything? Thank you so much for any help, also. :) This has been bothering me the past week. :Shouting: [/QUOTE]
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