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So I've been thinking about triple booting a Mac in the future and I was wondering, if I'm using MBR (Master Boot Record) and install in this order: Mac, Windows, Linux and for the Linux installation I install the bootloader to the Linux partition (for example, let's just use Ubuntu), would I still need another bootloader in order to boot to the Linux partition? 

 

 

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you should be able to boot into the linux partition using your 'macs existing bootloader' on EFI ;)

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138 is a good number.

 

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3 hours ago, themctipers said:

you should be able to boot into the linux partition using your 'macs existing bootloader' on EFI ;)

It's not a Hackintosh though, this is a legit Mac related question.

 

 

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1 minute ago, NCIX Lampy said:

It's not a Hackintosh though, this is a legit Mac related question.

boot from mac onto your linux partition and it should allow you to select between windows or boot into linux.

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138 is a good number.

 

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I triple-boot my Macbook. This is how:

Installed Windows next to macOS using BootCamp. I then created a third partition for Linux and installed it. Now, when I press Option during boot, I see 1 Macintosh HD option, and 2 Windows options. The bootloader is stupid and thinks anything that is not macOS is Windows. 

Anyways, when booted in macOS, I installed rEFind. 

 

When I boot now, I get the rEFind bootloader first (GUI and boot options are customizable) that shows macOS, Windows and Linux. When I chose Linux I get to Grub where I just configured it to automatically boot Linux after 2 seconds (just to not have to chose linux twice in two different bootloaders).

 

It might not be optimal, but it works perfectly for me. 

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