Comments on: Booting Ubuntu Linux with the Chameleon bootloader

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:21:03 +0000

You’re using an LVM so things are a little different for you. In Terminal, type pvdisplay and note the entry listed for PV Name:. You can then use this entry for step 5.

By: Lenkzler

Lenkzler — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:22:46 +0000

In my case I make 2 hard drive for 2 OS is :

hda in sata01 for OSX
hdb in sata02 for red hat enterprise linux 5.5 x86_64

1. before fix this trouble I disconnect hda (osx) from computer and leave only hdb in sata02 for rhel then boot it
2. open terminal type : fdisk -l

[root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 14 121601 976655610 8e Linux LVM

3. type : df

[root@localhost ~]# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
942098076 4606736 888863628 1% /
/dev/sda1 101086 12544 83323 14% /boot
tmpfs 1029464 0 1029464 0% /dev/shm

Question : where is my sdaX for install GRUB sudo grub-install /dev/sdaX

Thank in advance

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By: azureus

azureus — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:07:45 +0000

I also needed to force the installation. Works like charme.

THX a lot!

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:58:51 +0000

Check out http://www.hackintosh-india.com/2010/01/boot-ext4-partition-using-chameleon.html

By: Rivo

Rivo — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:41:48 +0000

I have follow your instruction.. but still chameleon cannot detect the linux partition while booting.
Ps: The Linux Partition using ext4 Journaled

regards,
Rivo

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 24 May 2011 02:42:03 +0000

I’m glad I was able to prevent head bashing! ;)

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 24 May 2011 02:20:04 +0000

This worked brilliantly! Thanks so much! Was about to bash my head against the wall with frustration.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 16 May 2011 01:03:09 +0000

Copying GRUB would allow it to remain in the MBR, effectively not changing it. It must be moved so that Chameleon can install to the MBR.

By: Marionumber1

Marionumber1 — Sun, 15 May 2011 19:39:51 +0000

Could I COPY, not move GRUB to the partition? Which would retain it in the MBR? Does grub-install do that or not?

By: amin

amin — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:25:05 +0000

Thanks
in my case installing grub was sucsess only by force (sudo grub-install /dev/sd** -f)

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:53:17 +0000

Set your Ubuntu partition as the active partition using either GParted Live or an Ubuntu Live CD and then follow the steps outlined in this guide.

By: Julian

Julian — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:46:15 +0000

Hey guys,
I installed OSx86 10.6.6 properly on my pc, After that I installed ubuntu, but chameleon is still loading, and only showing my Hackintosh volume to boot.
Any of you got any ideas, for solving this problem?
Tanks for caring.
Julian

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:54:17 +0000

Sure, go right ahead. Thanks for spreading the word.

By: jserv

jserv — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 22:41:57 +0000

Wow that worked great. Do you mind if I added your site as a link to another forum im on? Seems lots of people are having this issue. Thanks

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 22:10:24 +0000

Sorry, that last command should have been “sudo grub-install -force /dev/sdd1”