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From: Andy Laursen <lists@×××××××××.cc>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Mac Mini with Grub booting Mac OSX and Windows?!
Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 19:36:44
Message-Id: 1369769791.15065.140661236784825.03643271@webmail.messagingengine.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Mac Mini with Grub booting Mac OSX and Windows?! by Tamer Higazi
1 On Tue, May 28, 2013, at 02:21 PM, Tamer Higazi wrote:
2 > Seems to be that GRUB2 auto detects Snow Leopard partitions.
3 >
4 > So you are right, installing Mac OS X, then windows, then Linux with
5 > Grub2:
6 >
7 >
8 > http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189079-grub2-as-the-only-boot-loader-its-possible/
9 >
10 >
11 > But there is one more problem at the whole thing......
12 >
13 > We can't have more then 4 primary partitions on a hard disk.
14 >
15 > Gentoo needs 2 partitions, /boot and a Virtual partition (that count's
16 > as well as one primary) with all the other folders.
17 >
18 > Windows will create 2. and Mac OSX minimum 1, am I right?!
19 >
20
21 Your Windows partitions have to be in the first four, but OSX and linux
22 partitions can be anywhere thanks to the gpt partition table.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Mac Mini with Grub booting Mac OSX and Windows?! Andrea Conti <alyf@××××.net>