1 Topic by oswaldkelso

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Topic: Help needed please. Mac osx reinstall has marooned my linux partitions

Hi all, I have a G4 emac 1ghz usb1 type Mac with a 200gb hd partitioned as so 100gb osx disk1.30gb osx disk2,30gb ubuntu and 30gb slackintosh.

I had to reinstall osx as it was getting flakey and Disk warrior could not repair it. Ever since I cant boot into ubuntu and no longer get the option l, x, c, as it boots.

I suspect the mbr or its mac equivelent has been hosed. Could someone please explain how I can recreate it if it is possible, or if its easier to copy my data and reinstall from scratch.

Thanks

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Re: Help needed please. Mac osx reinstall has marooned my linux partitions

what has this to do with gparted?

anyway, you could try 'testdisk' on the livecd...

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Re: Help needed please. Mac osx reinstall has marooned my linux partitions

plors wrote:

what has this to do with gparted?

anyway, you could try 'testdisk' on the livecd...

I quess I thought wrongly that gparted could create/reorganise the boot partition. Anyway thanks for getting back.

I did partly solve my problem by holding the ALT ket and selecting my linux partitions then I do get my usual choice of X, L, orC. Inconvenient but at least I can access any of my partitions.

Cheers