{"id":24,"date":"2014-03-02T12:06:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-02T06:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tuxtrix.com\/2014\/03\/triple-boot-linux-windows-and-mac-using.html"},"modified":"2015-08-22T00:39:28","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T19:09:28","slug":"triple-boot-linux-windows-and-mac-using","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tuxtrix.com\/triple-boot-linux-windows-and-mac-using\/","title":{"rendered":"Triple boot Linux, Windows and Mac using Grub2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nThere are numerous posts on how to get triple boot working using Grub2. Grub2 is the newer version of grub and is a lot more confusing.  Most of the posts online did not work for me so I tried a few options mixing various options from various posts and finally one worked for me. I have tried to list a step by step  procedure below. <\/div>\n
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\nI have 3 oeprating systems installed  – 1. Windows 7, 2. Ubuntu 14.04 beta and 3. Mac OSX 10.8.2 (Niresh). This setup was tested on a 320 gb HDD running on a Dell Vostro 3300. Initially, I tried by just updating the grub using the command update-grub. Grub detects OS X however, the parameters passed for booting to the OS are wrong. The OS does not boot up. It gets stuck after trying to boot for sometime.<\/div>\n
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\nBootloaders were also a problem as popular bootloaders Chameleon and Chimera did not work in my case. Finally, a package named USB BootLoader.pkg available along with Niresh 10.8.2 iso worked<\/p>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nWhat you need:<\/div>\n
\n1. Any Linux Live CD\/USB <\/div>\n
\n2. USB BootLoader package<\/div>\n
\n3. Bootable USB for Mac<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nSteps:<\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n1. Go your grub screen , drop to the command line by pressing c. Then you can list the partitions using the ls<\/b> command. It will show you the drives how grub lists the drives. For me it shows like this<\/div>\n
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\n(hd0) (hd0,msdos2) (hd0,msdos3) (hd0,msdos5) (hd1,msdos7) (hd1,msdos8)<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n2. Make a note of the partitions and boot into Linux. <\/div>\n
\n3. List the corresponding partitions from inside Linux using sudo fdisk -l<\/b><\/div>\n
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\n#sudo fdisk -l<\/div>\n
\n   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System<\/div>\n
\n\/dev\/sda1            2048      206847      102400    7  HPFS\/NTFS\/exFAT<\/div>\n
\n\/dev\/sda2          206848   209922047   104857600    7  HPFS\/NTFS\/exFAT<\/div>\n
\n\/dev\/sda3   *   209922048   269922047    30000000   83  Linux<\/div>\n
\n\/dev\/sda4       269922048   625141759   177609856    5  Extended<\/div>\n
\n\/dev\/sda5       269924352   405921791    67998720   83  Linux<\/div>\n
\n\/dev\/sda6       405923840   409921535     1998848   82  Linux swap \/ Solaris<\/div>\n
\n\/dev\/sda7       409923584   558483455    74279936    7  HPFS\/NTFS\/exFAT<\/div>\n
\n\/dev\/sda8       558485504   620947455    31230976   af  HFS \/ HFS+<\/div>\n
\n\/dev\/sda9       620949504   625141759     2096128   82  Linux swap \/ Solaris<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n4. Edit \/etc\/grub.d\/40_custom using your favourite text editor and paste in the following<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
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\nmenuentry “MacOS X 10.8” {<\/div>\n
\n        insmod hfsplus<\/div>\n
\n        set root=(hd0,msdos8) #change X to the Mac SL partition<\/div>\n
\n        multiboot \/boot<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n}<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nNotice that I have used msdos8, which is in line with fdisk output i.e. \/dev\/sda8.  <\/div>\n
\n6. Once done, restart your pc  and boot into your Mac OS X using a bootable USB for mac. <\/div>\n
\n7. Install the USB BootLoader.pkg in the Mac partition and reboot. <\/div>\n
\n8. If you get a boot0 error, use the Linux Live CD\/USB to recover grub. During the process of recovering grub the Mac partition will be recognized. If grub remains unaffected, reboot into the Linux partition and update grub using update-grub<\/b> command.<\/div>\n
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\nThat’s it. Your triple boot from Grub is ready.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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