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Chameleon => General Discussion => Topic started by: boober on February 18, 2011, 01:30:54 AM
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I installed osx and windows7, both were working but when I installed Pardus 2011 and rebooted, Chameleon started and worked but pardus didnt show up at all.... any pointers?
thanks in advance
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I can confirm. Currently Chameleon detects MacOSX, Windows, FreeBSD but not Linux. :'(
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I tried this as well this morning. I installed Ubuntu linux on the same drive as my OSX and Win7 installs and Chameleon didn't pick it up at all. Could this be an issue with grub vs. grub2?
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is linux installed on a primary or extended partition?
linux has to be on primary partition for it to be seen by Chameleon
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is linux installed on a primary or extended partition?
linux has to be on primary partition for it to be seen by Chameleon
No. Even if thou Linux is a only partition Chameleon doesn't detect it. Someone should improve it. Not me.
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it detects my linux just fine. must be your install, not Chameleon
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I just noticed that it doesn't see my Linux partition, either. It's Debian in this case.
The drive is set up with an EFI partition scheme. The partitions look like this:
1. "EFI System Partition" (boot)
2. Mac OS 1
3. Mac OS 2
4. Debian Linux
Chameleon sees and can boot up to partitions 2 or 3 just fine.
I'm pretty sure I had this working in the past, but I can't remember what the difference was. :(
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I just noticed that it doesn't see my Linux partition, either. It's Debian in this case.
The drive is set up with an EFI partition scheme. The partitions look like this:
1. "EFI System Partition" (boot)
2. Mac OS 1
3. Mac OS 2
4. Debian Linux
Chameleon sees and can boot up to partitions 2 or 3 just fine.
I'm pretty sure I had this working in the past, but I can't remember what the difference was. :(
Is partition 4 'Extended', or 'Primary'?
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Is partition 4 'Extended', or 'Primary'?
They're all Primary.
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Is partition 4 'Extended', or 'Primary'?
They're all Primary.
Did you install the grub to Partition 4 as well?
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As spalek83 above asked whether you installed grub.
You need to install grub for Chameleon to detect and boot it IF i'm not wrong.
I installed ubuntu and basically set OS X as the active partition but i did something with the grub configuration on ubuntu and i think i made it to skip the grub menu and auto boot into the OS. You need GRUB.
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I install clear VirtualBox. Create empty volume. Install Ubuntu here. It works (booted by grub?).
Then I started from Chameleon CD. No Linux partition. What is wrong here?
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I can confirm. Currently Chameleon detects MacOSX, Windows, FreeBSD but not Linux. :'(
By default, the bootloader for Linux is installed in the MBR/bootsector. During the Linux installation,
sometimes under advanced, you can choose to install grub(2) to the root partition, / of the Linux install.
I have SL and two partitions of Linux on my second drive. The last one, sdb5 shows up by default, and I
can boot that one or use F8 to show all choices and boot the other Linux, I think it's on sdb2. Either one
brings up the grub menu which is rather ugly, and I can choose either Linux install, SL 32 bit or 64 bit, or
WinXP or Win7 which are now on my first drive. I have an old Logitech webcam which only works under
WinXP, Win XP mode didn't work well. This way of installing Linux is standard for using other bootloaders.
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It is not a forum to discuss how to combine grub with other trick to boot Linux.
I said that Chameleon doesn't see Linux partition. While FreeBSD - YES.
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It is not a forum to discuss how to combine grub with other trick to boot Linux.
I said that Chameleon doesn't see Linux partition. While FreeBSD - YES.
You sure the issue isn't with your install? I had to re-install more then once to make sure I had the right partition type (primary) as well as having installed grub on the correct partition, once I did that it suddenly appeared.
For someone that seems to want help, you seem to give absolutely no information on specifics.. Just saying "it's broke" doesn't give a whole lot of a sense of direction for people trying to assist you.