Gparted Live Linux

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Garland Flugum

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Aug 3, 2024, 5:31:04 PM8/3/24

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Now, from a more general perspective, I was thinking on whether it is possible to use an Ubuntu Live CD and use GParted in a live session to possibly go around that problem. Is that possible? I made a separate question as I'm interested in the possibility independently from my current problem.

On my linux systems, I actually skip using the CD or USB and simply use the from Hard drive option. So long as you use the "To RAM" option on your boot line, the hard drive is completely re-arrangeable when you are in GParted's environment.

I'm trying to re-size my arch root partition with a gparted live usb, but my arch machine is for some reason unable to boot any live USB media. I installed a gparted live iso to a USB stick with unetbootin, via the instructions here

After restarting, my computer fails to boot into gparted. It just loads up Arch. The BIOS is set to boot to usb first, but it just doesn't work. I'm out of ideas. I've tried just about every live USB installer method possible, but every one gives me the same results. I've used different GUI installers (including tuxboot and Liveusb Install), I've tried to do it manually, but nothing works. I've even tried creating it from both a Windows machine and a mac, but no luck there either.

Thanks guys but still no luck. But yeah I've tried 3 different sticks with the same problem. I've checked the bios settings several times and everything looks good. It doesn't make sense. When I first installed arch I used a usb stick. It worked fine. But now I can't boot anything. I'm trying to boot into a live Ubuntu session now. Just can't do it. I'm on an x220 thinkpad. F12 brings up the boot drive selector, and it sees the usb, but when I select it nothing happens.

It's cool I've got it working. I found a windows linux usb installer that works. Problem solved. Thanks though. Still not sure why none of the other installations worked, but I guess tenth times a charm, haha.

Original question
I read about the latest gparted, and saw this article explaining how to install it on a hard drive. Seemed like it would be a good way to both try it out and have it available, but I've been unable to get it to work. No matter what I've done, I get an immediate reboot.

I mounted the partition as specified (sudo mount /dev/sdc8 /dev), and unzipped the archive into the directory (/mnt). I originally renamed the /live directory to /live-hd, as suggested, but later changed it back, because their directions seemed to sometimes get it wrong, so I didn't want to second-guess possible errors. But I got the same results either way.

Unfortunately, I have not been able to get X to run so far. So now my question is how to get X up and running, something I never have trouble with using any distros so far. I am prompted for some input parameters, including display resolution and driver. I've tried various resolutions, both vesa and ATI drivers, and auto, but all result in a black screen with a flashing text cursor in the upper left corner.

Back in grub menu for 2nd time, type e and add GRUB_GFXMODE=1366x768 right after load_video (or edit it if GRUB_GFXMODE= is already present) - use a resolution that you confirmed was available. It should be added to the second line. Then press F10 to boot.

If you are just installing the system, you might find that after installation it reboots fine. If not, you can make the change permanent (so you don't have this palaver every time you boot) by editing /etc/default/grub e.g.

Lastly, are you sure you need to have GParted Live as a bootable partition on your hard disk? Can't you just keep a USB or CD handy for when you need it? This is the normal way of using it and you would make your life much simpler by going with the flow...