Single Drive Partitioning - OS X, Windows, and Linux

[BestPCBuilder2017]

So I was just wondering if it's possible to partition a single drive in MBR (Master Boot Record) format for mac os extended journaled, NTFS, and any of the traditional linux file systems like ext4

 

I believe I tried this and I didn't get it working, but if it does work, please let me know 

[NumLock21]

You need to split like into 3 even partitions.

[BestPCBuilder2017]

3 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

You need to split like into 3 even partitions.

That doesn't answer my question. 

[NumLock21]

2 minutes ago, NCIX Lampy said:

That doesn't answer my question. 

It did

[BestPCBuilder2017]

3 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

It did

No, it didn't. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

17 minutes ago, NCIX Lampy said:

So I was just wondering if it's possible to partition a single drive in MBR (Master Boot Record) format for mac os extended journaled, NTFS, and any of the traditional linux file systems like ext4

 

I believe I tried this and I didn't get it working, but if it does work, please let me know 

MBR works on all of the system, but use gpt if you can its better.

 

You should use exFAT if you want to share files between them.

 

You can have any file system on a partition, mbr doesn't care.

 

What exactly are you trying to do.

[BestPCBuilder2017]

3 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

MBR works on all of the system, but use gpt if you can its better.

 

You should use exFAT if you want to share files between them.

 

You can have any file system on a partition, mbr doesn't care.

 

What exactly are you trying to do.

Are you sure? When I was in the Installation screen for OS X/macOS once it was formatted for MBR, I saw the partition option/button grayed out, unlike how I did with GPT format. Can you prove with source material or something? 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, NCIX Lampy said:

Are you sure? When I was in the Installation screen for OS X/macOS once it was formatted for MBR, I saw the partition option/button grayed out, unlike how I did with GPT format. Can you prove with source material or something? 

and i sure for what? 

 

 

Mac os x is installed on gpt ever since intel macs came out.

 

 

[BestPCBuilder2017]

3 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

and i sure for what? 

 

Mac os x is installed on gpt ever since intel macs came out.

I was talking about MBR format for partitioning NTFS, OS X Extended Journaled, and ext4. 

[NumLock21]

4 minutes ago, NCIX Lampy said:

No, it didn't. 

Yes I did.

You just don't understand it.

 

 

[BestPCBuilder2017]

3 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

Yes I did.

You just don't understand it.

If you're claiming it's possible, then surely you'll prove it with a picture or something. 

[NumLock21]

5 minutes ago, NCIX Lampy said:

If you're claiming it's possible, then surely you'll prove it with a picture or something. 

Don't know if it's possible and don't really care, even though there is the exact same topic about a week ago. Was it you who created that topic?

You initialized the drive in either MBR or GPT. 3TB needs to be initialized in GPT.

Then you create 3 separate partitions, for each OS you want to install because you can't create a single partition to use with 3 different file systems.

[BestPCBuilder2017]

3 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

Don't know if it's possible and don't really care,

So fucking post then?

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3 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

even though there is the exact same topic about a week ago. Was it you who created that topic?

Fucking source? 

3 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

You initialized the drive in either MBR or GPT. 3TB needs to be initialized in GPT.

Then you create 3 separate partitions, for each OS you want to install because you can't create a single partition to use with 3 different file systems.

Mate, did you even read the post? 

[Electronics Wizardy]

17 minutes ago, NCIX Lampy said:

I was talking about MBR format for partitioning NTFS, OS X Extended Journaled, and ext4. 

they can all be in mbr or gpt, but no reason to use mbr these days.

 

[BestPCBuilder2017]

3 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

they can all be in mbr or gpt, but no reason to use mbr these days.

 

I'm asking if it's possible to put all three onto a single drive at once in MBR format, I don't think I can get any clearer on what I'm asking here. And if it's possible to do so, could you please instruct how you've managed to do it? 

[ARikozuM]

Calm down, guys. We don't need a rabbid @GoodBytes jumping in do we? 

 

You can place the disk into MBR or GPT, but I believe that only exFAT will be usable by Linux, MacOS, and Windows concurrently, but can't confirm. 

[NumLock21]

5 minutes ago, NCIX Lampy said:

So fucking post then?

??????????????????????????

Fucking source? 

Mate, did you even read the post? 

1. Cut the fucking language!

2. I've read your topic

3. You just don't seem to understand my post or what I'm trying to tell you.

4. Can't find that topic. Web search How to triple boot Windows, OSX and Linux.

5. Found this, but it wasn't it

 

[BestPCBuilder2017]

3 hours ago, ARikozuM said:

Calm down, guys. We don't need a rabbid @GoodBytes jumping in do we? 

 

You can place the disk into MBR or GPT, but I believe that only exFAT will be usable by Linux, MacOS, and Windows concurrently, but can't confirm. 

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[Electronics Wizardy]

9 minutes ago, NCIX Lampy said:

I'm asking if it's possible to put all three onto a single drive at once in MBR format, I don't think I can get any clearer on what I'm asking here. And if it's possible to do so, could you please instruct how you've managed to do it? 

yea that will work fine, you just need multiple partitions.

 

Make partitions, then put filesystem in them.

[BestPCBuilder2017]

3 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

yea that will work fine, you just need multiple partitions.

 

Make partitions, then put filesystem in them.

I tried that, this was the result: 

3 hours ago, NCIX Lampy said:

Are you sure? When I was in the Installation screen for OS X/macOS once it was formatted for MBR, I saw the partition option/button grayed out, unlike how I did with GPT format. Can you prove with source material or something? 

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

5 minutes ago, NCIX Lampy said:

I tried that, this was the result: 

 

what os?

 

You can easily do this in a linux system.

[BestPCBuilder2017]

3 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

what os?

3 hours ago, NCIX Lampy said:

Are you sure? When I was in the Installation screen for OS X/macOS once it was formatted for MBR, I saw the partition option/button grayed out, unlike how I did with GPT format. Can you prove with source material or something? 

 

 

3 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

You can easily do this in a linux system.

Instructions? 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, NCIX Lampy said:

 

 

Instructions? 

open up fdisk, make 3 partition

 

then do mkfs.partitiontype on each of the partitions.

[GoodBytes]

Technically speaking it is possible for 1x HDD/SSD to carry both GPT and MBR, which, each partition is one of them. However, this is complicated to actually do.

The big problem is that:

1. BIOS ONLY works with MBR
2. UEFI ONLY works with GPT

UEFI has a compatibility mode, that once enabled, can work with MBR (it basically emulates the old BIOS).

 

Windows 7, 8, 10 support being installed on MBR and GPT

Linux, will really depend on the distro. I think Ubuntu is the only one, or one of the few that supports UEFI.

For Mac.. well technically it supports since the longest time UEFI. I have no idea if it supports BIOS as the OS is designed to work with its own specific specs, and all Apple computers since the longest time are EFI/UEFI (about the same thing) ready.

 

So to get everything working, you either stick everything to MBR, and your UEFI set to legacy mode, to work with it, and you install a boot manager of your choice to boot the OS. You can use Windows, or you can use Linux. For Windows, on an OS that isn't another version of Windows, it might not detect the OS, all depending on the distro, and it needs to be installed LAST, as it will take over the boot process.

[NumLock21]

4 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

Technically speaking it is possible for 1x HDD/SSD to carry both GPT and MBR, which, each partition is one of them. However, this is complicated to actually do.

The big problem is that:

1. BIOS ONLY works with MBR
2. UEFI ONLY works with GPT

UEFI has a compatibility mode, that once enabled, can work with MBR (it basically emulates the old BIOS).

 

Windows 7, 8, 10 support being installed on MBR and GPT

Linux, will really depend on the distro. I think Ubuntu is the only one, or one of the few that supports UEFI.

For Mac.. well technically it supports since the longest time UEFI. I have no idea if it supports BIOS as the OS is designed to work with its own specific specs, and all Apple computers since the longest time are EFI/UEFI (about the same thing) ready.

UEFI works with both MBR or GPT