I have had ubuntu 12.04 installed on my Mac Mini for several months and working fine. Now my system fails to boot ubuntu.
Here are symptoms
Using the boot manager (pressing ALT/OPTION key on startup)
3 Icons :
1) EFI Boot (starts up rEFInd)
2) Windows HD (Instead of Linux Logo) - if selected, just a black screen
3) If the install USB is plugged in, shows as Windows USB, if selected - black screen again
If EFI boot is selected or if I let the system start up rEFInd I get the following selections
1)Apple - and if selected boots into OS X 10.7
2)Penguin Icon with "Boot Linux from FAT Volume" as label
3)Penguin Icon with "Boot Linux from Linus 2" as label
NOTE : "Linus" is the label for my hard drive
4) If I have the install USB plugged in, then I will see a USB Icon labeled as "Boot Legacy OS From FAT Volume"
selections of 2 - thru 4 fail to produce anything but first a Penguin Icon and then if I press the CONTROL key - a black screen.
I just removed rEFIt and installed rEFInd, prior to that I was after numerous attempts and head scratching able to boot into ubuntu
and I ran boot-repair with diagnostics - the post repair diagnostics can be seen at
http://paste.ubuntu.com/8451835/
And here is the output from diskutil
Please help! Gawd, I hate using OS X, it runs like a broke-down animule compared to fluxbox on ubuntu, sheesh....
Here are symptoms
Using the boot manager (pressing ALT/OPTION key on startup)
3 Icons :
1) EFI Boot (starts up rEFInd)
2) Windows HD (Instead of Linux Logo) - if selected, just a black screen
3) If the install USB is plugged in, shows as Windows USB, if selected - black screen again
If EFI boot is selected or if I let the system start up rEFInd I get the following selections
1)Apple - and if selected boots into OS X 10.7
2)Penguin Icon with "Boot Linux from FAT Volume" as label
3)Penguin Icon with "Boot Linux from Linus 2" as label
NOTE : "Linus" is the label for my hard drive
4) If I have the install USB plugged in, then I will see a USB Icon labeled as "Boot Legacy OS From FAT Volume"
selections of 2 - thru 4 fail to produce anything but first a Penguin Icon and then if I press the CONTROL key - a black screen.
I just removed rEFIt and installed rEFInd, prior to that I was after numerous attempts and head scratching able to boot into ubuntu
and I ran boot-repair with diagnostics - the post repair diagnostics can be seen at
http://paste.ubuntu.com/8451835/
And here is the output from diskutil
Code:
inus:~ tim$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk0
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Linus 359.2 GB disk0s2
3: Microsoft Basic Data 42.0 GB disk0s3
4: Linux Swap 8.5 GB disk0s4
5: Microsoft Basic Data 69.0 GB disk0s5
6: Microsoft Basic Data 21.0 GB disk0s6