Hello everyone. I am a new member to this forum, so just wanted to say hi.
But on to my problem. If anyone can help me out it would be greatly appreciated. I have a Intel MacBook running OSX 10.5.7, and just recently i have used rEfit to have the option to dual boot from OSX and Linux. But now, due to college requirements i need this macbook to run Windows. I have the legal copy of Windows, and i tried opening up bootcamp to see if i could delete the linux partition on the HD. It refused to be of any use. So now i am stuck and have no idea what my next step should be.
I am usually pretty computer savvy so complex instructions shouldn't be a problem for me. Thanks in advance to any who reply
BTW if it helps any here is the output after i run Partition Inspector
*** Report for internal hard disk ***
Current GPT partition table:
# Start LBA End LBA Type
1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)
2 409640 318914599 Mac OS X HFS+
3 318914600 474701709 Basic Data
4 481408741 488397134 Linux Swap
5 474701710 481408740 Linux Swap
Current MBR partition table:
# A Start LBA End LBA Type
1 1 409639 ee EFI Protective
2 409640 318914599 af Mac OS X HFS+
3 * 318914600 474701709 83 Linux
4 481408741 488397134 82 Linux swap / Solaris
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 318914600:
Boot Code: GRUB
File System: ext3
Listed in GPT as partition 3, type Basic Data
Listed in MBR as partition 3, type 83 Linux, active
Partition at LBA 481408741:
Boot Code: None
File System: Unknown
Listed in GPT as partition 4, type Linux Swap
Listed in MBR as partition 4, type 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Partition at LBA 474701710:
Boot Code: None
File System: Unknown
Listed in GPT as partition 5, type Linux Swap
But on to my problem. If anyone can help me out it would be greatly appreciated. I have a Intel MacBook running OSX 10.5.7, and just recently i have used rEfit to have the option to dual boot from OSX and Linux. But now, due to college requirements i need this macbook to run Windows. I have the legal copy of Windows, and i tried opening up bootcamp to see if i could delete the linux partition on the HD. It refused to be of any use. So now i am stuck and have no idea what my next step should be.
I am usually pretty computer savvy so complex instructions shouldn't be a problem for me. Thanks in advance to any who reply
BTW if it helps any here is the output after i run Partition Inspector
*** Report for internal hard disk ***
Current GPT partition table:
# Start LBA End LBA Type
1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)
2 409640 318914599 Mac OS X HFS+
3 318914600 474701709 Basic Data
4 481408741 488397134 Linux Swap
5 474701710 481408740 Linux Swap
Current MBR partition table:
# A Start LBA End LBA Type
1 1 409639 ee EFI Protective
2 409640 318914599 af Mac OS X HFS+
3 * 318914600 474701709 83 Linux
4 481408741 488397134 82 Linux swap / Solaris
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 318914600:
Boot Code: GRUB
File System: ext3
Listed in GPT as partition 3, type Basic Data
Listed in MBR as partition 3, type 83 Linux, active
Partition at LBA 481408741:
Boot Code: None
File System: Unknown
Listed in GPT as partition 4, type Linux Swap
Listed in MBR as partition 4, type 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Partition at LBA 474701710:
Boot Code: None
File System: Unknown
Listed in GPT as partition 5, type Linux Swap