Quoting fortillian
So I followed your directions explicitly. My only problem is that if i select to boot ubuntu, refit fades and i see the penquin and then nothing happens. It doesnt boot linux. I have the same setup as you. Macbook Pro 15" 2.5ghz. Vista-64bit Ultimate and Ubuntu 8.04. Windows Vista runs great, and OS X runs the same. Where did i go wrong?
on rEFIt Partitioning tool i see
Current GPT Partition Table
# Start LBA End LBA Type
1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)
2 409640 465715239 Mac OS X HFS+
3 465977384 524571133 Basic Data
4 524571134 620936368 Basic Data
5 620936369 625142414 Linux Swap
Current MBR partition table:
#A Start LBA End LBA Type
1 1 409639 EE EFI Protective
2 409640 465715239 AF Mac OS X HFS+
3 465977384 524571133 07 NTFS/HPFS
4 524571134 620936368 83 Linux
Status: Tables are synchronized, no need to sync.
Any ideas why linux wont start up?
Well, my first thought is to tell you to turn the machine off and try again; every time I loaded a new OS I had to choose it, then it would get stuck at the faded icon, then I'd hard reboot and it would be fine.
Other than that I'm not sure what to tell you. I only modified the instructions for XP, and I haven't used them with Vista at all, so I wouldn't even know the first place to look.
Good luck!
-Craig