Stop! Before you do anything, realize that you might just render your MacBook unbootable. Make sure you have a full backup and your original install DVDs. See this site’s Terms of Use. Here is what our partitions look like after installing. This is what Partition Inspector, the tool that comes with rEFIt says:
*** Report for internal hard disk *** Current GPT partition table: # Start LBA End LBA Type 1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT) 2 409640 268582951 Mac OS X HFS+ 3 268582952 310627873 Basic Data 4 310627874 312580999 Basic Data Current MBR partition table: # A Start LBA End LBA Type 1 1 409639 ee EFI Protective 2 * 409640 268582951 af Mac OS X HFS+ 3 268582952 310627873 83 Linux 4 310627874 312580999 0b FAT32 (CHS) MBR contents: Boot Code: LILO Partition at LBA 40: Boot Code: None (Non-system disk message) File System: FAT32 Listed in GPT as partition 1, type EFI System (FAT) Partition at LBA 409640: Boot Code: None File System: HFS Extended (HFS+) Listed in GPT as partition 2, type Mac OS X HFS+ Listed in MBR as partition 2, type af Mac OS X HFS+, active Partition at LBA 268582952: Boot Code: None File System: ext3 Listed in GPT as partition 3, type Basic Data Listed in MBR as partition 3, type 83 Linux Partition at LBA 310627874: Boot Code: None (Non-system disk message) File System: FAT32 Listed in GPT as partition 4, type Basic Data Listed in MBR as partition 4, type 0b FAT32 (CHS) |
Here is what that partitions look like from the perspective of GNU/Linux:
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 26 204819+ ee EFI GPT /dev/sda2 * 26 16719 134086656 af Unknown /dev/sda3 16719 19336 21022461 83 Linux /dev/sda4 19336 19458 976563 b W95 FAT32 |
Notice that we have a 952 MB FAT32 partition.
