The problem are, using a swap file already have 5 partitions, because this MBP are the 2012 model, i doesn't have the OS disk and i need the recovery partition.
http://maqui.darkbolt.net/ Linux registered user ~#363219 PGP keys avaiables at KeyServ. ID: 0x4233E9F2 Los hombres somos esclavos de la historia On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 9:52 PM, Daniel Landau <daniel.lan...@helsinki.fi>wrote: > 27.3.2013 11.14 "David López Zajara (Er_Maqui)" <er_ma...@darkbolt.net> > wrote: > > I'm trying to install debian on a MacBookPro9,1 computer. But i can't > load the OS. > > > > This is the scenario: > > > > MBP 2012 not retina Computer. > > > > Hard disk with 6 partitions: > > > > 1 EFI > > 2 OSX HFS+ > > 3 OSX Boot (Recovery?) > > 4 Basic data (NTFS) > > 5 Basic data (EXT4) > > 6 Linux swap > > > > The debian partition doesn't appear on MBR partition table. > > > > I've installed debian and resync tables with refit. Lilo / grub doesn't > boot (installed on /dev/sda5). With grub, when i select linux on my refit > menu, this option start windows. > > > > I can't help you with setting up grub with efi, but I'm fairly sure that's > what you need to do. According to > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MacBook#Partitions, the MBR is > limited to four partitions. > > If you can get rid of partition number 3 on your list, you have the option > of fitting the three operating systems + efi to the four partitions allowed > by the hybrid efi-mbr approach. In that case you'd use a swap file instead > of a swap partition. The linked page is for Arch, but should be adaptable > to Debian too. > > Daniel >
