[BigWheel88]

Hey all,

Ok so on my Macbook 10.6.1 with 2 partitions one is OS X Macintosh HD the other is just a storage drive 20GB partition that I want to install Ubuntu on. Bootcamp assistant won't let me install on this second partition. Says the drive has to be a single partition. Is there any way to do this? or Is there a way to repartition into a single without me wiping the entire drive? I really don't want to reinstall os x.

Thanks

[shifuimam]

You can repartition with something like Coriolis Partition Manager (or whatever it's called these days), which will allow nondestructive repartitioning.

Why can't you just boot off the Ubuntu DVD/CD and install it normally? Then you can just Opt+Boot and the built-in Mac bootloader should identify your second partition as bootable.

[Art Vandelay]

If you need to go back to one partition, use Disk Utility. It can do what you need. However, you can probably just install onto that 2nd partition as is.

[BigWheel88]

oh cool, I was told by someone that i couldn't boot off the ubuntu cd and install cuz i was on a mac or some such business. glad to here they were wrong.