DAMNIT *facepalm* *Linux question*

"Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen" (sportwagen) 02/17/2015 at 21:51 • Filed to: None

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Can anyone here (NIBBLES?) help me with my Linux installation? I just installed Linux Mint Rebecca on to my MacBook Pro's Crucial M4 but I can't boot it... it doesn't show up in the boot menu or options at all :( what did I do wrong? How do I fix this without reinstalling everything?

Nibbles > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen 02/17/2015 at 21:53

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I've only ever successfully installed Windows on a MacBook. I tried setting up RedHat once but failed miserably. Did you configure GRUB correctly? I think that's where mine continually failed

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > Nibbles 02/17/2015 at 21:54

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Shit. I probably forgot to put the GRUB in the master boot record... FML FML FML >:(

I used to constantly install different versions of Linux on my old 2007.5 model though and everything worked like a charm

Nibbles > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen 02/17/2015 at 21:58

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yeah, gonna need that GRUB. Time to reinstall lolz

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > Nibbles 02/17/2015 at 21:58

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Good thing it only took like 10 minutes... thanks SSD!

But how DO I get it right?

fink stinger > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen 02/17/2015 at 21:58

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You can get grub to write to the MBR without a full install. It's been quite a while (well before grub 2) since I had to do it, but it's pretty much boot into rescue and run a single grub command.

 V8 Rustler > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen 02/17/2015 at 21:59

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use rEFIt?

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen 02/17/2015 at 21:59

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You should be able to write grub without doing a whole reinstall. Also, it can live either on the first partition or the MBR. Not sure how Boot Camp deals with it (or if you are using GPT natively on the MBP).

Garrett Davis > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen 02/17/2015 at 21:59

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Like Nib said, make sure GRUB was configured correctly. Is this a custom kernel you put together or an "off the shelf" install?

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > fink stinger 02/17/2015 at 22:01

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DAMNIT MAN WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG? I already reformatted the partition

D'OH

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs 02/17/2015 at 22:01

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Goddamnit... I already reformatted the partition :(

Time to start again from scratch... good thing it only takes like 10 minutes

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > Garrett Davis 02/17/2015 at 22:02

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Off the shelf .iso

Garrett Davis > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen 02/17/2015 at 22:04

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What are you installing from? Disk? Thumb drive? External drive?

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > Garrett Davis 02/17/2015 at 22:06

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Thumb drive... I'm at the point where its asking me what mount point I would like... how do I tell it to put the GRUB in the MBR?

Garrett Davis > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen 02/17/2015 at 22:12

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It's been a while, but you should start by making a dedicated GRUB partition if you haven't already. I use fdisk.

Quick google search for a guide: http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/grub/gru…

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > Garrett Davis 02/17/2015 at 22:13

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I found this one

http://www.av8n.com/computer/htm/g…

but it keeps returning error: install device isn't specified

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > Garrett Davis 02/17/2015 at 22:26

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YES!!! I GOT IT WORKING!

Garrett Davis > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen 02/17/2015 at 22:27

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Cool :)

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > Garrett Davis 02/17/2015 at 22:36

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ITS SO WEIRD... I've been using this Mac with OS X for the past year or so and used the old one with everything from OS X Leopard (came out in 2005) to Mavericks (the last generation before Yosemite)...

this is a revelation!

Garrett Davis > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen 02/17/2015 at 22:38

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Enjoy it, man. I haven't been using Linux for the past few years, I think I need to get back into it before I forget everything.

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > Garrett Davis 02/17/2015 at 22:41

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I will still be using OS X because it is what I'm used to...

I want to modify my Linux install... such as when it boots up I want it to say "Skynet is online" and such lol