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Ubuntu 16.04 has taken over iMac - was dual-boot
I've been unable to find this problem anywhere and hope someone can help.
I did a dual install of Ubuntu 16.04 and OS X El Capitan on an 2009 iMac (9,1). I installed rEFInd, too. rEFInd showed up ...
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Automatically boot Grub into OSX
Is there a way to boot automatically into OSX, bypassing the GRUB menu in Ubuntu 16? Currently when I boot up, the screen looks something like
Boot into Ubuntu 16.04
Boot into Mac OSX El Capitan
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Problem start up dual boot Linux and Mac OSX El Capitan
After a long work I successfully installed dual boot Linux (Bio linux 8) on a macbook Pro with Mac OSX El Capitan.
First of all I installed reFIND on mac and this helpful utility give me the ...
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Unable to chainload OS X Clover bootloader from GRUB
So I have a triple-boot setup in which I have just updated OS X (Hackintosh) to the newest version and a new bootloader (from Chimera to Clover). It looks something like this:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on /...
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How do I get Grub2 to boot into OS X?
I removed everything on my MacBook Pro, partitioned it into several small partitions, and installed Ubuntu, Windows and OS X. Grub2 sees my Windows and Ubuntu installs, but OS X doesn't show up in the ...
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Brand new to Ubuntu - can't get into recovery mode
After a mistake, I changed my password but can't remember it now.
I've found out that you can reset it by going into recovery mode, but I can't seem to get there! I have Ubuntu 14.04.2 running ...
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efibootmgr cannot launch OSX yosemite (only showing folder image with question mark)
I have a macbook pro with freshly installed yosemite (100 GB) and freshly installed Ubuntu. To boot I use efibootmgr. My partition layout is:
/dev/sda1 40 409639 409600 200M EFI ...
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Can't boot into UBUNTU, after Yosemite install
I have posted on here as a last resort as I have searched for a solution and haven't been able to find one.
I recently installed OS X Yosemite on my mac. Since then I have not been able to gain ...
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Booting multiple operating systems, does install order matter?
I'm moving my computer from a dual boot (Windows 7, Ubuntu 14.04) to a triple boot (Windows 7, Ubuntu 14.04, Mac OS X 10.9). I currently use Grub to start up my computer into either Windows or Ubuntu. ...
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Skipping rEFInd menu after Option+Command+P+R and going straight to grub
I used Option+Command+P+R to try and fix a sleep issue in OSX. From there I'm a little confused about what happened but I ended up in a mac recovery mode (offering to reinstall OSX), which I tried to ...
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Triple boot OSX, Win7, Linux - broke my Win 7 install [closed]
Note, this is not really an Ubuntu question but I expect there are lots of smart Linux gurus here that may know the answer - so please excuse my posting here:
I'm desperately needing help: I've had a ...
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Mac OSX update broke booting Ubuntu
I have a mac that is running a dual boot with OSX and Ubuntu. I am using rEFIT. I just updated my OSX to the new OSX Mavericks, but when i restarted my computer and tried to enter Ubuntu from rEFIT I ...
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Ubuntu on Mac cannot locate via OSX or boot it throught rEFIt...
... it comes up with Operating system not found. What do i do?
I recently installed Ubuntu along side OS X (Snow Leopard) and when I rebooted my macbook and choose Ubuntu, I got a message saying ...
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Unable to boot OS X after installing Ubuntu 12.04
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my MB (aluminium late 2008). After installing Ubuntu I am unable to boot into OS X.
Sequence of events:
Install reFit on OS X
Install Ubuntu on a partitioned drive. I ...
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