ubuntu - Lion refuses to be installed to any partitions on Mac
2013-08
Istvan Chung
I was attempting to install Lion on my MacBook 7-1, on which I have installed Ubuntu 10.04 on a separate partition. Currently, my partitions look like this:
|-----Mac-----|-Grub-|----Ubuntu----|-Ubuntu Swap-|.
However, Disk Utility (and I assume the rest of Mac OS X) sees it as
|-----Mac-----|-----Unknown-----|.
Note that I am using rEfit as my default bootloader. When attempting to install Lion, I am greeted by this screen:
By the way, it appears that only the Grub partition is recognized, as I remember setting it to about 10 MB.
Can anyone help with this?
Edit: I ran the commands in one of the answers below, and got this (sorry about the huge dump - if anyone has a better way to do this please tell me!):
bash-3.2$ sudo gpt -rvvv show -l /dev/disk0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=250059350016; sectorsize=512; blocks=488397168
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: MBR part: type=175, start=409640, size=204804670
gpt show: /dev/disk0: MBR part: type=7, start=205214310, size=16065
gpt show: /dev/disk0: MBR part: type=131, start=205230375, size=281274073
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: GPT partition: type=C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B, start=40, size=409600
gpt show: /dev/disk0: GPT partition: type=48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC, start=409640, size=204804670
gpt show: /dev/disk0: GPT partition: type=EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7, start=205214310, size=16065
gpt show: /dev/disk0: GPT partition: type=EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7, start=205230375, size=281274073
gpt show: /dev/disk0: GPT partition: type=0657FD6D-A4AB-43C4-84E5-0933C84B4F4F, start=486504448, size=1892352
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 488397167
start size index contents
0 1 MBR
1 1 Pri GPT header
2 32 Pri GPT table
34 6
40 409600 1 GPT part - "EFI System Partition"
409640 204804670 2 GPT part - "NotQuiteMaxDisk"
205214310 16065 3 GPT part - ""
205230375 281274073 4 GPT part - ""
486504448 1892352 5 GPT part - ""
488396800 335
488397135 32 Sec GPT table
488397167 1 Sec GPT header
bash-3.2$ !502
sudo pdisk
Top level command (? for help): L
pdisk: No valid block 1 on '/dev/rdisk0'
Top level command (? for help): ^C
bash-3.2$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *250.1 GB disk0
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 104.9 GB disk0s2
3: Microsoft Basic Data 8.2 MB disk0s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data 144.0 GB disk0s4
5: Linux Swap 968.9 MB disk0s5
bash-3.2$ diskutil info disk0
Device Identifier: disk0
Device Node: /dev/disk0
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: TOSHIBA MK2555GSXF Media
Volume Name:
Escaped with Unicode:
Mounted: No
File System: None
Partition Type: GUID_partition_scheme
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified
Total Size: 250.1 GB (250059350016 Bytes) (exactly 488397168 512-Byte-Blocks)
Volume Free Space: Not Applicable
Read-Only Media: No
Read-Only Volume: Not applicable (no filesystem)
Ejectable: No
Whole: Yes
Internal: Yes
OS 9 Drivers: No
Low Level Format: Not Supported
bash-3.2$ diskutil info disk0s1
Device Identifier: disk0s1
Device Node: /dev/disk0s1
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: EFI System Partition
Volume Name:
Escaped with Unicode:
Mounted: No
File System: None
Partition Type: EFI
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified
Total Size: 209.7 MB (209715200 Bytes) (exactly 409600 512-Byte-Blocks)
Volume Free Space: Not Applicable
Read-Only Media: No
Read-Only Volume: Not applicable (no filesystem)
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes
bash-3.2$ diskutil info disk0s2
Device Identifier: disk0s2
Device Node: /dev/disk0s2
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: NotQuiteMaxDisk
Volume Name: Macintosh HD
Escaped with Unicode: Macintosh%FF%FE%20%00HD
Mounted: Yes
Mount Point: /
Escaped with Unicode: /
File System: Journaled HFS+
Type: hfs
Name: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Journal: Journal size 24576 KB at offset 0x15502000
Owners: Enabled
Partition Type: Apple_HFS
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified
Volume UUID: 548F5495-BE2A-3040-9931-357E326735FF
Total Size: 104.9 GB (104859991040 Bytes) (exactly 204804670 512-Byte-Blocks)
Volume Free Space: 63.1 GB (63063998464 Bytes) (exactly 123171872 512-Byte-Blocks)
Read-Only Media: No
Read-Only Volume: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes
bash-3.2$ diskutil info disk0s3
Device Identifier: disk0s3
Device Node: /dev/disk0s3
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: Untitled 3
Volume Name:
Escaped with Unicode:
Mounted: Yes
Mount Point: /Volumes/Untitled
Escaped with Unicode: /Volumes/Untitled
File System: NTFS
Type: ntfs
Name: Windows NT File System (NTFS)
Partition Type: Microsoft Basic Data
Bootable: Is bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified
Volume UUID: 1FF3673B-FFEE-1049-B454-5916056E4B86
Total Size: 8.2 MB (8225280 Bytes) (exactly 16065 512-Byte-Blocks)
Volume Free Space: 7.5 MB (7495680 Bytes) (exactly 14640 512-Byte-Blocks)
Read-Only Media: No
Read-Only Volume: Yes
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes
bash-3.2$ diskutil info disk0s4
Device Identifier: disk0s4
Device Node: /dev/disk0s4
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: Untitled 4
Volume Name:
Escaped with Unicode:
Mounted: No
File System: MS-DOS
Type: msdos
Name: MS-DOS (FAT)
Partition Type: Microsoft Basic Data
Bootable: Is bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified
Total Size: 144.0 GB (144012325376 Bytes) (exactly 281274073 512-Byte-Blocks)
Volume Free Space: 0 B (0 Bytes) (exactly 0 512-Byte-Blocks)
Read-Only Media: No
Read-Only Volume: Not applicable (not mounted)
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes
bash-3.2$ diskutil info disk0s5
Device Identifier: disk0s5
Device Node: /dev/disk0s5
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: Untitled 5
Volume Name:
Escaped with Unicode:
Mounted: No
File System: None
Partition Type: Linux Swap
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified
Total Size: 968.9 MB (968884224 Bytes) (exactly 1892352 512-Byte-Blocks)
Volume Free Space: Not Applicable
Read-Only Media: No
Read-Only Volume: Not applicable (no filesystem)
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes
bash-3.2$
Gordon Davisson
Warning for all of the below: there's at least a slight possibility that trying to fix the disk structure will actually make things worse, possibly even making your various volumes unreadable. Back up everything important before attempting any of these fixes.
Apple's KB article #TS3926 recommends either a full backup & reformat (probably not the preferred option in your case), or using Disk Utility to shrink the partition slightly and then expand it back out. I'm not sure of the details, but I think the idea behind the latter suggestion is to force Disk Utility to rewrite the partition tables, and thus maybe fix anything that's wrong with them (see @Spiff's answer).
Another thing to try is running Disk Utility's Verify Disk process with the actual disk (not one of its volumes) selected in the sidebar. This runs checks on the partition tables and such (as opposed to running it with a volume selected, in which case it checks the data structures within that volume). Depending on what it says, you might want to try the Repair Disk option and see if that fixes it.
Spiff
I'm guessing the rEFIt/Grub/Ubuntu installation screwed up your GUID Partition Table (GPT) or your Pseudo Master Boot Record (PMBR). Now the Lion installer doesn't recognize it as a properly-formed GPT and doesn't think it should let you install to any HFS+ partitions on that disk, because it doesn't think the EFI bootROM will be able to find and boot from that partition.
It might be interesting to use Mac OS X's gpt(8) command-line utility to see what it thinks of your GPT:
sudo gpt -rvvv show -l /dev/disk0
You could also see what Mac OS X's pdisk(8) utility thinks of your PMBR:
sudo pdisk
(then hit 'L')
You could also see how those compare to what diskutil(8) tells you:
diskutil list
diskutil info disk0
diskutil info disk0s1
diskutil info disk0s2
.
.
.
diskutil info disk0sN
I don't know of a tool for verifying the well-formed-ness of your GPT and PMBR and make making sure the two agree with each other. But if you can find such a tool, I'd recommend you run it.
Update: Based on the new data you posted, I say go with @Gordon Davisson's Answer.
I think Mac OS X doesn't like the way that rEFIt/Grub/Ubuntu messed with the PMBR, which is why gpt calls it a "Suspicious MBR". I also find it worrisome that the MBR only knows about 3 out of the 5 partitions that the GPT knows about. Gordon pointed out how to use Disk Utility to verify your partition tables and not just your individual partitions, and pointed to a good article on how to use Disk Utility to fix it. But like the article says, back up the entire disk first just in case.
Paikkos
I had 2 partitions with 2 XP. I selected the 1st partition, formatted it, and installed Ubuntu 9.10 on it.
Now I can't boot into XP cz is showing me the XP loader of the XP that I deleted... I tried fixmbr and fixboot but with no effect.
In the beginning XP couldn't boot, but at least I could browse the folders from Linux. Now in the Disk Utility it's written unrecognised, unknown or unused.
Screenshots:
Here it is:
~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb7e61057
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 22508 180795478+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 22509 30400 63392490 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 * 22752 30400 61440592+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 22509 22751 1951834+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
~#
~# ntfsfix /dev/sda5
Mounting volume... $MFT has invalid magic.
ntfs_mft_load(): Failed.
Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error.
Failed to startup volume: Input/output error.
FAILED
Attempting to correct errors... $MFT has invalid magic.
ntfs_mft_load(): Failed.
Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error.
FAILED
Failed to startup volume: Input/output error.
Volume is corrupt. You should run chkdsk.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Update: after playing with some partition boot CDs:
root@ubuntu-tower:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb7e61057
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 22508 180795478+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 22752 30400 61440592+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
Here's a screenshot of GParted and Disk Utility:
Any ideas?
Cicik
I have same problem as you and Partition Table Doctor resolved it. Some time ago in work when WinXP can`t load I use fixmbr and fixboot commands from WinXP recovery console and it works too, here is tutorial
mac
I believe you are right: the problem seems to be due to the XP bootloader "gone with the wind". Does any of these how-to help?