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Hey guys, I have followed racerrehabman's tutorial in the past to get triple boot working. However, I think the newest OS either from Ubuntu 13.10 or mavericks breaks the tutorial. Basically I have tried many times on different computers and get the same problem on the computers that were working in the past.
When I run apt-get install gptsync I get

Unpacking gptsync (from .../gptsync_0.14-2ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
cp: cannot create regular file ‘/cdrom/casper/initrd.gz.new’: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Setting up gptsync (0.14-2ubuntu1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)



When I run sudo /cdrom/gptsync /dev/sdc


Current GPT partition table:
# Start LBA End LBA Type
1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)
2 411648 391034879 Basic Data
3 391034880 781658111 Basic Data
4 781658112 1016293375 Basic Data
5 1016293376 1231137127 Mac OS X HFS+
6 1231138816 1247987711 Linux Swap
7 1247987712 1465147391 Unknown

Current MBR partition table:
# A Start LBA End LBA Type
1 1 1465149167 ee EFI Protective

Status: GPT partition of type 'Unknown' found, will not touch this disk. Same thing on my laptop and desktop that used to work before.

I posted on his blog but I guess I didn't give him enough time to reply. Someone can help me please I need my main computer to work again. Thanks.
 
Hey guys, I have followed racerrehabman's tutorial in the past to get triple boot working. However, I think the newest OS either from Ubuntu 13.10 or mavericks breaks the tutorial. Basically I have tried many times on different computers and get the same problem on the computers that were working in the past.
When I run apt-get install gptsync I get

Unpacking gptsync (from .../gptsync_0.14-2ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
cp: cannot create regular file ‘/cdrom/casper/initrd.gz.new’: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Setting up gptsync (0.14-2ubuntu1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

If 13.10 is broken (I haven't tried it), use 12.04LTS instead to do the gptsync.


When I run sudo /cdrom/gptsync /dev/sdc


Current GPT partition table:
# Start LBA End LBA Type
1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)
2 411648 391034879 Basic Data
3 391034880 781658111 Basic Data
4 781658112 1016293375 Basic Data
5 1016293376 1231137127 Mac OS X HFS+
6 1231138816 1247987711 Linux Swap
7 1247987712 1465147391 Unknown

Current MBR partition table:
# A Start LBA End LBA Type
1 1 1465149167 ee EFI Protective

Status: GPT partition of type 'Unknown' found, will not touch this disk. Same thing on my laptop and desktop that used to work before.

I posted on his blog but I guess I didn't give him enough time to reply. Someone can help me please I need my main computer to work again. Thanks.

The problem is the last partition. What is it for and did you format it?
 
Thanks for the reply. Yes, I formatted it. I believe it's for windows.
 
Thanks for the reply. Yes, I formatted it. I believe it's for windows.

Double check. And it doesn't make sense to make the last partition for Windows because it will not be accessible. Only the first three partitions you create are accessible in a hybrid MBR. Read the guide carefully and plan accordingly.
 
thanks for helping. I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 and problem is solved.
 
@RehabMan

HELP PLEASE!

I am following your GUIDE

https://racerrehabman.wordpress.com...nd-ubuntu-multi-boot/comment-page-2/#comments

I am Multi-Booting Windows Pro 8.1, Yosemite, Transfer [Journaled because i use Paragon HFS+ (It's free and works] and Linux.

Section B

15.
  1. Copy gptsync to your Linux USB for later use (that way if you have to run it again, you don’t have to reinstall using apt-get above):
    sudo cp /sbin/gptsync /cdrom/gptsync

    It will not let me install because it's read only.


    Now that I used GParted to get all the drives 100% correct I am stuck at

    Section B

    30.​
  2. Now go back to the Terminal window that you launched earlier, and type the following:
    sudo /cdrom/gptsync /dev/sda
    (note: /dev/sda is the target drive)

    I cannot launch the gptsync although I installed it.

    How do I sync the drives at this point? I am using the latest Linux​
    [h=2]Ubuntu 14.10[/h]
 
@RehabMan

HELP PLEASE!

I am following your GUIDE

https://racerrehabman.wordpress.com...nd-ubuntu-multi-boot/comment-page-2/#comments

I am Multi-Booting Windows Pro 8.1, Yosemite, Transfer [Journaled because i use Paragon HFS+ (It's free and works] and Linux.

Section B

15. Copy gptsync to your Linux USB for later use (that way if you have to run it again, you don’t have to reinstall using apt-get above):
sudo cp /sbin/gptsync /cdrom/gptsync

It will not let me install because it's read only.


Now that I used GParted to get all the drives 100% correct I am stuck at

Section B

The guide is written assuming 12.04LTS. Other versions of Linux differ with regard to r/w of the USB.

You're using a USB for Linux install, right?

Use 'mount' to determine and/or change the permissions on your USB media.

30. Now go back to the Terminal window that you launched earlier, and type the following:
sudo /cdrom/gptsync /dev/sda
(note: /dev/sda is the target drive)

I cannot launch the gptsync although I installed it.

How do I sync the drives at this point? I am using the latest Linux
[h=2]Ubuntu 14.10[/h]
[

Obviously, you can install it each time you need it (with 'sudo apt-get install gptsync').
 
The guide is written assuming 12.04LTS. Other versions of Linux differ with regard to r/w of the USB.

You're using a USB for Linux install, right?

Use 'mount' to determine and/or change the permissions on your USB media.



Obviously, you can install it each time you need it (with 'sudo apt-get install gptsync').

Yes I am using USB for the Linux Install.

The Guide uses 12.04LTS (Long Term Support), the version I found on Ubuntu site is 12.04.4LTS and the newer 14.04.2LTS. I am downloading both. In the meanwhile, I am going to use 'mount' command. Hopefully this should fix the issue.
 
Yes I am using USB for the Linux Install.

The Guide uses 12.04LTS (Long Term Support), the version I found on Ubuntu site is 12.04.4LTS and the newer 14.04.2LTS. I am downloading both. In the meanwhile, I am going to use 'mount' command. Hopefully this should fix the issue.

Side note: I have a 14.04LTS USB that I use for various tasks and I have no issue writing to '/cdrom'
 
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