Help with Mavericks

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Help with Mavericks

First off, I am almost new to Linux and this is my first time installing as a dual boot.

So I followed the ubuntu walk-through but used the rEFInd tool. It seems to be working ok but its not as nice as I would like. I have multiple options. 1st one takes me to Ubuntu grub where I can pick OSX, Ubuntu new kernel and old ones. the 2nd option is OSX, the 3rd option boots ubuntu (skips grub) and the last few are older kernel versions.

When I uninstall rEFInd my only option to boot is a drive called EFI but it boots directly to OSX.

What I want to have for boot options.

I want it to automatically boot to OSX and when I hold down option I want my choices to be

1. Macintosh HD (It seems that EFI somehow replaced the Macintosh HD name, I would like to change it back.)

2. Boot to Ubuntu and skip the grub

3. Optional 3rd option that boots to Ubuntu grub

4. This can be an alternate option if the above is not possible. Boot to Ubuntu Grub where I can pick my boot option.

Please let me know if this is possible and how I can go about it.

Thank you!!

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2), Ubuntu 13.10

Posted on Apr 17, 2014 9:41 PM

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Andy-J-D

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Apr 17, 2014 10:06 PM in response to bryguy515

I'm not familiar with rEFInd. Using rEFIt, I was able to do almost your first choice - It would boot into a rEFIt screen where I could choose OSX, Linux or Windows, if I didn't do anything for 5 or 10 seconds it would go straight into OSX.

The annoying thing about it was that when I went to Linux, it would go to the GRUB and I'd have to pick Linux again. Supposedly I could have taken rEFIt off at that point and it would have gone striaght to GRUB but I never trusted it enough to try it.

So.. you might be able to just remove/uninstall rEFInd and boot straight into GRUB.

This is all past-tense because I started using virtual machines instead of dual/triple booting.

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