Ah -- apparently this is a known bug in Ubuntu-mac installations.If you get
rEFIt first, that can ease the pain.
In the end, I created a bootable rEFIt disk, used the partition tool on that
to synch the drive (the tool asked me if I would let it fix it I said
yes), and then restored the working
Hi -- I tried last night to install Ubuntu on an external FW drive on my
Macbook.It wouldn't reboot from the external drive, and managed to kill the
install on my main HD -- hopefully the drive itself is ok, but I'm not sure
(I can see it in the restore list).
I tried restoring from TimeMachine to
Doug, I'm no Mac user but I would throw caution to the wind when dual
booting between and internal and external hard drive. Could cause
problems with the MBR/active/boot partition being in the wrong location
when the drive is removed etc.
I would suggest partitioning the internal hard drive and
Cheers for that -- I'm thinking the same way, after seeing how hot the ext
drive is getting as a boot drive!
2009/2/10 Michael Holloway mich...@thedarkwinter.com
Doug, I'm no Mac user but I would throw caution to the wind when dual
booting between and internal and external hard drive. Could
