"Missing Operating System" after installing Ubuntu 12.04 from a CD on a Macbook Pro
- by Pierre
I followed this guide to install Ubuntu 12.04 on my Macbook Pro 8,2 (late 2011):
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MactelSupportTeam/AppleIntelInstallation
I used a CD.
I synced the partition table on rEFIt, and it went fine.
I do have an icon to boot on Linux, but when I launch it, after a few seconds I have "Missing Operating System" displayed, and that's all...
How can I fix that?
The only thing I see is, in the guide, it is mentioned this:
On the last dialog of the installer, be sure to click the “Advanced”
button and choose to install the boot loader (grub) to your root
Ubuntu partition, for example /dev/sda3. This will be the only
partition with the EXT4 file system.
In Ubuntu 12.04 installation process, there is not such an option, but there is a dropdown menu to select where the grub bootloader should be installed.
It was /dev/sda by default, but I selected my root Ubuntu partition (in my case, /dev/sda5). I got a warning message (but actually, it was the same warning message even when I selected /dev/sda), and I continued the installation...
Thanks in advance for your help!