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Comment on Linux, Boot Camp, Parallels by sziwan

sziwan — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:29:50 +0000

This thread on Parallels forums seems to be interesting:
http://forum.parallels.com/post42129.html

It seems custom Boot Camp configs work now with RC2 (build 3150).

Comment on Linux, Boot Camp, Parallels by Anomaly256

Anomaly256 — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:22:00 +0000

In a posting to the Parallels support forums I mention how the Intel EFI spec stupidly lists Windows and Linux partition types using the same GUID in the GPT. Parallels picks is partition to load using these GUIDs, also rather stupidly. This is why it currently stuffs up on bootcamp setups with more than just the efi, osx, and windows partition. It is possible to change these GUIDs though, although it’s not a trivial matter by any means. My fix in the post replaces the normal efi linux GUID for the ‘linux reserved’ GUID to make parallels ignore that partition when doing it’s stupid bootcamp check. It could be possible to set up scripted mechanism to switch the GUIDs on the XP and Linux partition depending on which one you want Parallels to boot from at the time. The posting is: http://forum.parallels.com/thread7621.html

Unfortunately, until Parallels removes their brain damage, it doesn’t look like a ’simple’ fix will ever exist. The devs also seem to quietly ignore any questions on the matter…

Comment on Linux, Boot Camp, Parallels by Tom

Tom — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:37:26 +0000

NIce article…

I have a MBP with both a Linux and WinXP partition… I can boot windows with Parallels using boot camp, not Linux.
This is due to Parallels hiding the 2nd partition (which Linux is installed on)…. I don’t imagine there’s a way of showing it again is there?