A week ago I successfully installed Ubuntu (ver. 14.04) on my Macbook alongside OSX. I used rEFIt as my boot chooser and when I turned on the computer it would prompt me with two primary options: Boot OSX from disc (default) or Boot Linux from disc. I had five partitions: the rEFIt partition, the OSX partition, a Recovery partition, a Linux Swap partition, and the Linux partition.
Yesterday, I decided to re-install OSX on my Mac partition because it was so inundated with junk. I booted into OSX and disabled rEFIt so that it would automatically boot OSX and I could restore it as per the instructions here: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH18869?locale=en_US. This was successful in restoring OSX to its factory settings. I reactivated rEFIt and restarted. When I tried to boot back into Ubuntu, it got hung up on the Tux logo and it kept doing this after multiple restarts.
Since I hadn't done too much in Linux I just decided to re-install Linux using the process I used before: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ma...elInstallation.
I deleted the Linux partition but was unable to delete the Linux swap partition in OSX Disk Utility. I successfully re-installed Unbuntu, but here is the problem. When I turn on the computer, it does not bring up the rEFIt boot menu, it boots automatically into Ubuntu. I know that the rEFIt partition exists as it appears in gParted and it is flagged as the boot partition. I still have five partitions, but there is also 1GB of "unallocated" space which was, perhaps, the Linux Swap partition I could not erase.
When I turn on the computer and hold option, I am given three choices: rEFIt, Windows (I don't know where this came from), and Recovery. When I choose rEFIt, I am given FIVE options: Boot EFI\ubuntu\shim64.efi (default), Boot EFI\ubuntu\grub2.efi, an EFI non-boot option, Boot OSX from disc, and Boot Linux from disc (Tux icon). I can then boot to OSX by choosing the OSX option but I can only boot to Ubuntu through the two Boot EFI options, not the Tux option - it just gets hung up on the Tux logo. I have gone into OSX and reactivated rEFIt, ensured that the rEFItBlesser was present but this has not worked and apparently rEFIt only works from the OSX side.
This is what I want to accomplish: When I turn on the computer, the rEFIt boot menu appears and gives me two choices: OSX or Linux, as it was before. Is this going to be possible? Sorry for such a long post! Any help is greatly appreciated :)
Yesterday, I decided to re-install OSX on my Mac partition because it was so inundated with junk. I booted into OSX and disabled rEFIt so that it would automatically boot OSX and I could restore it as per the instructions here: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH18869?locale=en_US. This was successful in restoring OSX to its factory settings. I reactivated rEFIt and restarted. When I tried to boot back into Ubuntu, it got hung up on the Tux logo and it kept doing this after multiple restarts.
Since I hadn't done too much in Linux I just decided to re-install Linux using the process I used before: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ma...elInstallation.
I deleted the Linux partition but was unable to delete the Linux swap partition in OSX Disk Utility. I successfully re-installed Unbuntu, but here is the problem. When I turn on the computer, it does not bring up the rEFIt boot menu, it boots automatically into Ubuntu. I know that the rEFIt partition exists as it appears in gParted and it is flagged as the boot partition. I still have five partitions, but there is also 1GB of "unallocated" space which was, perhaps, the Linux Swap partition I could not erase.
When I turn on the computer and hold option, I am given three choices: rEFIt, Windows (I don't know where this came from), and Recovery. When I choose rEFIt, I am given FIVE options: Boot EFI\ubuntu\shim64.efi (default), Boot EFI\ubuntu\grub2.efi, an EFI non-boot option, Boot OSX from disc, and Boot Linux from disc (Tux icon). I can then boot to OSX by choosing the OSX option but I can only boot to Ubuntu through the two Boot EFI options, not the Tux option - it just gets hung up on the Tux logo. I have gone into OSX and reactivated rEFIt, ensured that the rEFItBlesser was present but this has not worked and apparently rEFIt only works from the OSX side.
This is what I want to accomplish: When I turn on the computer, the rEFIt boot menu appears and gives me two choices: OSX or Linux, as it was before. Is this going to be possible? Sorry for such a long post! Any help is greatly appreciated :)