is it possible to remove the boot manager but still be able to boot into ubuntu i have a tri boot mac linux windows i use an app called rEFIt to choose and i want to only have that 1 boot manager rather than 2 so when i choose linux i boot into linux when i choose windows i want it to boot into windows rather than going into grub menu any help would be appreciated as i am new to linux ubuntu 8.04.1 64 bit
rEFIt is for mac its just a seprate boot manager for detecting linux after that it boots into the grub loader all i basicly want the boot menu rEFIt to boot mac when selected boot the grub menu when linux is selected and boot windows when windows selected i just want to get rid the boot manager for when i choose windows so i can use it in stuff like vm ware fusion
http://wiki.onmac.net/index.php/Triple_Boot_via_BootCamp If you want grub to be hidden, just put hiddenmenu in your /boot/grub/menu.lst and make the timeout 1 second. You'll never know it is there. You might want to post in the Mac forums, as this has almost nothing to do with Linux. Or look for support forums for refit.
see i know how to make it hidden and all that just when i select the windows partition in rEFIt it boots into grub when i select windows partition i want it to boot into windows not grub
If that is the case, you've got a configuration issue with refit, not grub. You probably have the Windows loader pointing to the wrong partition, as that is all that grub does afterall with the chainloader part. I'd say RTFM, but the documentation looks so shallow and superficial that probably won't even help, it just appears to do everything by magic, then when it doesn't work you're stranded. Pretty typical (cr)apple, their products are all show and no go (in this case Boot Camp, but almost everything they push is half baked once you look past the glossy exterior). The position their wares as being super premium products worthy of super premium prices, but the hardware is mediocre at best, and the software often doesn't even contain features that even entry level competitors have. But I guess nobody with an iPhone 3G would want MMS or a forward facing camera for video calling. And why bother with bluetooth file transfers when you have a big fat data plan for wireless transfer. And why bother with an SD slot when you've got 8GB built in. And removable batteries are for chumps too. Anyway, sorry about that vent. Your problem appears to be configuration (of refit, NOT grub), you're just asking in the wrong place for help.
well it worked fine booting windows until i installed ubuntu with grub i will agree that their hardware is not the best (only on the macbook and the mini mac tho) other wise they have good hardware that is optimized for their operating systems like i say to my friends who hate macs Personal preference
grub probably changed the mbr, why not have a look at it's config files. it should boot anything as long as the paths are right, even another bootloader
