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magnethead

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quad-booting thru Chameleon
« on: June 24, 2010, 10:44:19 AM »
Hear me out..this is going to get confusing quick.

I have 4 hard drives. 4 different operating systems.

1TB seagate: Mac OSX Hackintosh (Chameleon Loader)

640 GB Western Black: Windows Vista x32 (BCD)

320 GB Western Blue: Windows 7 x64 (BCD)

320 GB Western Blue: Ubuntu 10.04 x64 (GRUB)

This is my install method: When i install an OS, i run the target HDD alone. So Vista doesnt know 7, ubuntu, or OSX exist. 7 doesnt know ubuntu, OSX, or ubuntu exist. etc. So all bootloaders are single loaders (what I call native mode).

I have one exception: I have the Vista and 7 BCD's cross linked, since it only makes sense, being as their native to eachother.

Right now, I have the OSX drive set to default boot. Thus Chameleon is the first bootloader.

I I do nothing, it will boot to OS. If I strike a key, it lists a whole list of partitions, including all my jump drives. If I select Win7", it takes me to the windows 7 BCD, where ic an either choose Windows 7 (default) or Windows Vista.

However, after installing Ubuntu 10.04 LTS x64, Chameleon does not list the drive.

Do I need to upgrade/reinstall Chameleon to make it recognize the *nix OS? I know that the options will change based on which fllash drives are plugged in, but it does not list Ubuntu. For that matter, i dont think it lists vista either.

Can somebody please advise me?

kyndder

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Re: quad-booting thru Chameleon
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2010, 06:13:03 PM »
Hi...

try to install grub in the partition where you install Ubuntu (ex: /dev/sda2) not in the MBR.

i have the same problem and this is the only thing that was worked for me.

sorry for the bad English (i`m brazilian...)
 
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