[Ubuntu Chicago] mac switch

[RJ Marsan]

i guess i forgot to email this to the list
but honestly
you Just installed ubuntu
its no loss to just go ahead and reinstall osx, and then install ubuntu more
carefully later when you dont need osx as bad

On 8/6/07, Eric O'Neal <fyedernoggersnodden at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 8/5/07, Max Luebbe <max.luebbe at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > richard wrote:
> > > I believe you has to use Parallels or boot camp because of the way
> > > the Mac file system is.
> > > On Aug 5, 2007, at 10:37 AM, Matthew Basset wrote:
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> > >> I have bought a macbook and attempted to install ubuntu. It was
> > >> successfull, but i really didn't wish to use that as my main
> > >> operating system. I had wished to use mac osx. So when i restarted
> > >> the computer of course it loaded ubuntu. I have been looking on
> > >> help sites, and it told me to hold the alt option key to select a
> > >> system, I did that and the only operating system that came up was
> > >> windows(ubuntu). I need to know quickly how to switch to mac osx.
> > >> as i need to use the computer for school.
> > >> thanks in advance,
> > >> matt
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> > Has anyone raised the possibility that in installing Ubuntu he nuked his
> > HFS+ partition that OS X was on?
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> > If so, w/o reinstalling OS X, there is no way back.
> > -Max
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> That's what I expect.  He's already using Boot Camp (Thus the "Windows"
> option), but Boot Camp is very unfeatured and basically unconfigurable (
> i.e. untroubleshootable).  Your HFS+ partition may or may not be fried.  I
> have my OSX dual-booted with Ubuntu via Boot Camp, and I can mount that HFS+
> read-only from the Ubuntu side.  You should try that.  I don't remember if
> you need to install some package/kernel module first or not.
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> If that doesn't work... if your school stuff is in text you could use a
> hex editor to recover it?  Retrieving stuff off a shot FS is shaky ground.
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> Who knows what caused it... maybe try again next time and be extra careful
> when running the partitioner from the Ubuntu LiveCD?
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