Re: Can't install on an Intel iMac

On 13/06/11 21:20, Mike Hore wrote:
On 13/06/11 9:08 PM, Mike Hore wrote:
On 13/06/11 8:45 PM, Andreas Weber wrote:
On 2011-06-13 11:39, Mike Hore wrote:
I should have added, that in all cases I installed GRUB on my Linux
partition (/dev/sda2), not the MBR. Also I always set the bootable flag
on that partition to "on". Is this what I should be doing?

Install Grub in the MBR, that's the trick! What else would all the MBR
syncing be good for. ;-)

Ah, right!! Will do. Well tomorrow -- it's late here :-)

Just one more quick question -- in one of my earlier failed attempts I
reformatted the MBR -- should it be FAT32 or what? I think that's what
I've got it at now.

-- Mike.

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How did you format the MBR Mike?


I suspect you mean a partition.... :-)


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