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Q: Nobody told me Lion won't install when there's a Bootcamp partition. What now?

Nobody told me Lion won't install when there's a Bootcamp partition. But there is one on my iMac. What now?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 20, 2011 9:28 AM

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Q: Nobody told me Lion won't install when there's a Bootcamp partition. What now?

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  • by d3vi1,

    d3vi1 d3vi1 Jul 20, 2011 1:37 PM in response to d3vi1
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    Jul 20, 2011 1:37 PM in response to d3vi1

    In order to help with the text wrapping, copy and paste all the text from the above message to a rich-text enabled text-edit and change the font to a fixed-width one.

  • by WildClyde,

    WildClyde WildClyde Jul 20, 2011 2:22 PM in response to marcusfromtuebingen
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    Jul 20, 2011 2:22 PM in response to marcusfromtuebingen

    d3vil,

     

    Your instructions for modifying the GPT worked flawlessly. Super thanks! Should I use Disk Utility to try to increase the size of the Recovery HD partition by reducing the Macintosh HD partition or should I try to format it before restarting the Lion Install? Is there a known recommended size for the Recovery HD partition?

     

    Thanks!

     

    sh-3.2# gdisk /dev/disk0

    GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.7.2

     

    Partition table scan:

      MBR: hybrid

      BSD: not present

      APM: not present

      GPT: present

     

    Found valid GPT with hybrid MBR; using GPT.

     

    Command (? for help): p

    Disk /dev/disk0: 977105060 sectors, 465.9 GiB

    Logical sector size: 512 bytes

    Disk identifier (GUID): 00001E3A-1106-0000-1B2A-0000822C0000

    Partition table holds up to 64 entries

    First usable sector is 18, last usable sector is 977105042

    Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries

    Total free space is 264321 sectors (129.1 MiB)

     

    Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name

       1              40          409639   200.0 MiB   EF00  EFI system partition

       2          409640       707149863   337.0 GiB   AF00  Customer

       4       707414016       977104895   128.6 GiB   0700  BOOTCAMP

     

    Command (? for help): n

    Partition number (3-64, default 3): 3

    First sector (18-977105042, default = 707149864) or {+-}size{KMGTP}: 707149864

    Last sector (707149864-707414015, default = 707414015) or {+-}size{KMGTP}: 707414015

    Current type is 'Apple HFS/HFS+'

    Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = AF00): AB00

    Changed type of partition to 'Apple boot'

    Bogus UTF-16 name found in GPTPart::SetName()! Name not changed!

     

    Command (? for help): p

    Disk /dev/disk0: 977105060 sectors, 465.9 GiB

    Logical sector size: 512 bytes

    Disk identifier (GUID): 00001E3A-1106-0000-1B2A-0000822C0000

    Partition table holds up to 64 entries

    First usable sector is 18, last usable sector is 977105042

    Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries

    Total free space is 169 sectors (84.5 KiB)

     

    Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name

       1              40          409639   200.0 MiB   EF00  EFI system partition

       2          409640       707149863   337.0 GiB   AF00  Customer

       3       707149864       707414015   129.0 MiB   AB00 

       4       707414016       977104895   128.6 GiB   0700  BOOTCAMP

     

    Command (? for help):): c

    Partition number (1-4): 3

    Enter name: Recovery HD

     

    Command (? for help): p

    Disk /dev/disk0: 977105060 sectors, 465.9 GiB

    Logical sector size: 512 bytes

    Disk identifier (GUID): 00001E3A-1106-0000-1B2A-0000822C0000

    Partition table holds up to 64 entries

    First usable sector is 18, last usable sector is 977105042

    Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries

    Total free space is 169 sectors (84.5 KiB)

     

    Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name

       1              40          409639   200.0 MiB   EF00  EFI system partition

       2          409640       707149863   337.0 GiB   AF00  Customer

       3       707149864       707414015   129.0 MiB   AB00  Recovery HD

       4       707414016       977104895   128.6 GiB   0700  BOOTCAMP

     

    Command (? for help): w

     

    Final checks complete. About to write GPT data. THIS WILL OVERWRITE EXISTING

    PARTITIONS!!

     

    Do you want to proceed? (Y/N): Y

    OK; writing new GUID partition table (GPT).

    Warning: The kernel may continue to use old or deleted partitions.

    You should reboot or remove the drive.

    The operation has completed successfully.

    sh-3.2#

  • by d3vi1,

    d3vi1 d3vi1 Jul 20, 2011 2:27 PM in response to WildClyde
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    Jul 20, 2011 2:27 PM in response to WildClyde

    OK. Don't touch the Recovery HD for now. First try to reboot in Bootcamp to see if that still works. If it works, come back to Mac OS X and install Lion and let us know if it did the job.

     

    P.S.: I'm going off the grid for 8 hours as it's rather late on this side of the pond. Good luck!

  • by Robert DeSaeger,

    Robert DeSaeger Robert DeSaeger Jul 20, 2011 2:28 PM in response to WildClyde
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    Jul 20, 2011 2:28 PM in response to WildClyde

    I am sorry but I got

    mine partitioned like this, and the install for 10.7 was very smooth

     

    Screen shot 2011-07-20 at 2.26.36 PM.png

  • by marcusfromtuebingen,

    marcusfromtuebingen marcusfromtuebingen Jul 20, 2011 3:41 PM in response to d3vi1
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    Jul 20, 2011 3:41 PM in response to d3vi1

    Hey d3vi1, just wanted to say thank you for your great advice. Resizing my OSX-partition via Disk Utility worked like a charm, I didn't even need Terminal to do it. After that Lion installed flawlessly. Thanks again for your time, I got sympathy for you.

     

    Bestest,

     

    Marcus

  • by WildClyde,

    WildClyde WildClyde Jul 20, 2011 7:59 PM in response to d3vi1
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    Jul 20, 2011 7:59 PM in response to d3vi1

    d3vi1,

     

    Booting in Boot Camp works great.

     

    Booting Mac OS X 10.6.8 works great.

     

    Install of Lion fails, with a different error apparently because the Lion installer can't manipulate the Recovery partition created as a result of the previous step:

     

    Screen shot 2011-07-20 at 5.43.13 PM.png

    The More Info button takes me to this URL:

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4649

     

    The Lion Install log shows:

    Jul 20 17:41:36 Clyde-Wildes-MacBook-Pro-2010 Install Mac OS X Lion[282]: Using distribution archive from /Applications/Install Mac OS X Lion.app/Contents/SharedSupport/OSInstall.mpkg

    Jul 20 17:41:36 Clyde-Wildes-MacBook-Pro-2010 Install Mac OS X Lion[282]: Configuring products from SharedSupport folder

    Jul 20 17:41:36 Clyde-Wildes-MacBook-Pro-2010 Install Mac OS X Lion[282]: Using product <OSInstallDVDProduct> based on media at /Applications/Install Mac OS X Lion.app/Contents/SharedSupport at distance 5

    Jul 20 17:41:36 Clyde-Wildes-MacBook-Pro-2010 Install Mac OS X Lion[282]: Using product <OSInstallESDProduct> based on distribution at /Applications/Install Mac OS X Lion.app/Contents/SharedSupport/OSInstall.mpkg at distance 5

    Jul 20 17:41:36 Clyde-Wildes-MacBook-Pro-2010 Install Mac OS X Lion[282]: Checking Software Update catalog URL http://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-lion-snowleopard-leopard.m erged-1.sucatalog

    Jul 20 17:41:36 Clyde-Wildes-MacBook-Pro-2010 Install Mac OS X Lion[282]: No available package ref for compatibility update. Ignoring.

    Jul 20 17:41:39 Clyde-Wildes-MacBook-Pro-2010 Install Mac OS X Lion[282]: Using product <OSSoftwareUpdateCatalogProduct> from product keys 11A511_ServerEssentials at distance 25

     

    What troubles me most is that Apple does not include real world scenarios in their testing:

    1. Buy a new MacBook Pro with 512GB SSD Drive in April 2010

    2. Partition the hard disk with Boot Camp and install Windows 7 using whatever version of Mac OS X that was delivered with the new purchase.

    3. Upgrade to Lion = failure

  • by d3vi1,

    d3vi1 d3vi1 Jul 21, 2011 1:23 AM in response to WildClyde
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    Jul 21, 2011 1:23 AM in response to WildClyde

    I have an almost identical configuration (except for the 256GB SSD) and Lion worked perfectly. I'm sure that they are testing these. However, there seems to be something odd with your configuration and I still can't pinpoint what it is. My suggestion:

    1) Go into gdisk again and delete your recovery partition since you don't need it in Snow Leopard

    2) Right-click on Install Lion.app and select Show Package Contents

    3) Go to Resources/SharedSupport

    4) Right-click on the InstallESD.dmg file and select Open With -> Disk Utility

    5) In disk utility, select the DMG file from the left pane.

    6) Insert a blank DVD and click on Burn in the toolbar.

    7) Boot from the DVD by pressing the Option Key and selecting the DVD while booting up.

     

    Alternatively, restore the DMG to an empty USB stick and boot from that.

    Try to install Lion from the DVD or USB stick.

  • by WildClyde,

    WildClyde WildClyde Jul 21, 2011 6:43 AM in response to d3vi1
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    Jul 21, 2011 6:43 AM in response to d3vi1

    d3vi1,

     

    I was able to install Lion by:

    1. Using gdisk to delete partition 3.

    2. Using Apple's Disk Utility to temporarily reduce the size of partition 2 (Macintosh HD) by a small amount and then increasing the size of partition 2 to the max amount in two separate Apply steps. The net effect of this is that Disk Utility caused the old partition 4 (Boot Camp Windows 7) to become the new partition 3. How I ended up with a partition 3 that was essentially lost space is unknown but must have been a Boot Camp bug in the version of Mac OS X that came with the computer in the Spring of 2010.

    3. Install Lion

     

    SUCCESS!!!

     

    Thanks for saving me from having to completely rebuild my drive!

  • by d3vi1,

    d3vi1 d3vi1 Jul 21, 2011 6:53 AM in response to WildClyde
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    Jul 21, 2011 6:53 AM in response to WildClyde

    Congrats. Have fun with the new cat.

  • by Andy Vandenberghe,

    Andy Vandenberghe Andy Vandenberghe Jul 21, 2011 10:17 AM in response to marcusfromtuebingen
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    Mac OS X
    Jul 21, 2011 10:17 AM in response to marcusfromtuebingen
    Nobody told me Lion won't install when there's a Bootcamp partition. But there is one on my iMac. What now?

    not true.

     

    i have Windows 7 on Bootcamp and it works 100% still.

  • by marcusfromtuebingen,

    marcusfromtuebingen marcusfromtuebingen Jul 21, 2011 10:21 AM in response to Andy Vandenberghe
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    Jul 21, 2011 10:21 AM in response to Andy Vandenberghe

    Yes, Andy, you're right. The real issue were partition related and have been resolved through d3vi1's expertise. Lion is up and running with me as well.

  • by d3vi1,Solvedanswer

    d3vi1 d3vi1 Jul 21, 2011 10:25 AM in response to marcusfromtuebingen
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    Jul 21, 2011 10:25 AM in response to marcusfromtuebingen

    Then, by all means award me my fist batch of points on the Apple Support Communities.

     

    Nevermind, I got them.

  • by DanTheMacMan1,

    DanTheMacMan1 DanTheMacMan1 Jul 21, 2011 4:56 PM in response to Andy Vandenberghe
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    Jul 21, 2011 4:56 PM in response to Andy Vandenberghe

    Apple posted this About the problem. http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3926?viewlocale=en_US

    Hope it helps.

    Dan the Mac Man

  • by marcusfromtuebingen,

    marcusfromtuebingen marcusfromtuebingen Jul 21, 2011 5:01 PM in response to DanTheMacMan1
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    Jul 21, 2011 5:01 PM in response to DanTheMacMan1

    Thanks. That's exactly the way it worked for me.

  • by Dave Fashimpaur,

    Dave Fashimpaur Dave Fashimpaur Jul 21, 2011 5:05 PM in response to marcusfromtuebingen
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    Jul 21, 2011 5:05 PM in response to marcusfromtuebingen

    Boot Camp

    supports existing Boot Camp installations with Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista, or Windows 7. New Boot Camp installations require Windows 7 (sold separately).

     

    I had Windows Vista Service Pack 2 64-bit installed previously.  My Lion installation retained the boot camp partion same as before.  My problem is that I should have enlarged my Boot Camp partion BEFORE the Lion upgrade because if I do it now I think that it will force me to install Windows 7.

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