Today I installed Mac OS X Lion alongside with Linux (mint) and Windows 7.
To be able to boot into Linux, i've downloaded rEFIt. It opens, I see the Mac and the Windows partition in it, but not the Linux partition. I've reinstalled Linux several times, but it just wont work.
I checked out the partition app from rEFIt, and got these results:
Current GPT partition table:
# Start LBA End LBA Type
1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)
2 409640 854536479 Mac OS X HFS+
3 854536584 916425255 Basic Data
4 916425256 917694791 Mac OS X HFS+
5 968960634 976773118 Linux Swap
6 917694792 968960417 Basic Data
Current MBR partition table:
# A Start LBA End LBA Type
1 1 409639 ee EFI Protective
2 409640 854536479 af Mac OS X HFS+
3 * 854536584 916425255 07 NTFS/HPFS
4 916425256 917694791 af Mac OS X HFS+
MBR contents:
Boot Code: Unknown, but bootable
Partition at LBA 40:
Boot Code: None (Non-system disk message)
File System: FAT32
Listed in GPT as partition 1, type EFI System (FAT)
Partition at LBA 409640:
Boot Code: None
File System: HFS Extended (HFS+)
Listed in GPT as partition 2, type Mac OS X HFS+
Listed in MBR as partition 2, type af Mac OS X HFS+
Partition at LBA 854536584:
Boot Code: Windows BOOTMGR (Vista)
File System: NTFS
Listed in GPT as partition 3, type Basic Data
Listed in MBR as partition 3, type 07 NTFS/HPFS, active
Partition at LBA 916425256:
Boot Code: None
File System: HFS Extended (HFS+)
Listed in GPT as partition 4, type Mac OS X HFS+
Listed in MBR as partition 4, type af Mac OS X HFS+
Partition at LBA 968960634:
Boot Code: None
File System: Unknown
Listed in GPT as partition 5, type Linux Swap
Partition at LBA 917694792:
Boot Code: None
File System: ext4
Listed in GPT as partition 6, type Basic Data
I also learnt that MBR has a "capacity" of 3+1 (EFI) partitions. The Win/Mac partitions are on the MBR list, but the Mac recovery partition probably blocks the Linux partition?
How can I make the MBR contain the EFI, Mac, Win and Linux NOT the Recovery partition?
Also, doing google searches about this issue, I read a lot about "Grub", though I can't figure out what it is.