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Stop! Before you do anything, realize that you might just render your MacBook unbootable. Make sure you have a full backup and your original install DVDs. See this site's Terms of Use. Here is what our partitions look like after installing. This is what Partition Inspector, the tool that comes with rEFIt says:

Partition Instpector


*** Report for internal hard disk ***

Current GPT partition table:
 #      Start LBA      End LBA  Type
 1             40       409639  EFI System (FAT)
 2         409640    268582951  Mac OS X HFS+
 3      268582952    310627873  Basic Data
 4      310627874    312580999  Basic Data

Current MBR partition table:
 # A    Start LBA      End LBA  Type
 1              1       409639  ee  EFI Protective
 2 *       409640    268582951  af  Mac OS X HFS+
 3      268582952    310627873  83  Linux
 4      310627874    312580999  0b  FAT32 (CHS)

MBR contents:
 Boot Code: LILO

Partition at LBA 40:
 Boot Code: None (Non-system disk message)
 File System: FAT32
 Listed in GPT as partition 1, type EFI System (FAT)

Partition at LBA 409640:
 Boot Code: None
 File System: HFS Extended (HFS+)
 Listed in GPT as partition 2, type Mac OS X HFS+
 Listed in MBR as partition 2, type af  Mac OS X HFS+, active

Partition at LBA 268582952:
 Boot Code: None
 File System: ext3
 Listed in GPT as partition 3, type Basic Data
 Listed in MBR as partition 3, type 83  Linux

Partition at LBA 310627874:
 Boot Code: None (Non-system disk message)
 File System: FAT32
 Listed in GPT as partition 4, type Basic Data
 Listed in MBR as partition 4, type 0b  FAT32 (CHS)

Here is what that partitions look like from the perspective of GNU/Linux:

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1          26      204819+  ee  EFI GPT
/dev/sda2   *          26       16719   134086656   af  Unknown
/dev/sda3           16719       19336    21022461   83  Linux
/dev/sda4           19336       19458      976563    b  W95 FAT32

Notice that we have a 952 MB FAT32 partition.

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