[solved] triple boot on mac with ubuntu

i have a macbook pro 5,5 if that helps, i installed ubuntu on the macbook with refit and i now want to install arch as well. i discovered that i can not see any partitions after four on my mac and therefore can not have a boot partition for arch and ubuntu has the grub boot on its partition, my questions are should i and how do i add arch to ubuntu's grub and boot from there, or is there a better way that gets around the four partition problem.
i apologize if this has been asked before but my searches came up with nothing
thanks
Last edited by xcabal (2012-07-28 02:01:21)

You probably need to learn more about partitioning and partition types. Read everything relevant here:
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/gparted.html
Pay close attention to partition types and extended partitions. You likely need to use an extended partition.
(Not sure why 40 people looked at this before me and nobody bothered to tell you the easy and obvious suggestion...nice.)
Last edited by andrekp (2012-07-27 12:27:52)

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