Is it possible to create a Mac-bootable thumb drive containing gparted or Parted Magic without installing a full Linux distribution? I tried several methods like. Unetbootin (some blogs suggest this though the unetbootin site explicitly mentions that it isn't possible) sudo dd if=/./.iso of=/dev/rdiskx; which both failed.
Why a GParted live USB drive? You may be wondering what is the need to create a live USB drive when you can install GParted right away in my Linux. The answer is simple.
You can’t resize an active partition from which you have booted your computer. By using a GParted live USB drive, your hard disk is free to use and you can have freedom to resize and partition easily.
Create GParted Live USB drive on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, elementary OS, and derivatives STEP 1: Download GParted Live ISO from. There are 32-bit and 64-bit versions available. STEP 2: Insert a blank USB flash drive to your PC. I recommend a minimum of 512 MB capacity.
The USB flash drive will get formatted during the process. So make sure you took backup of the data in it. STEP 3: Launch ‘Disks’ utility.
‘Disks’ come packaged in Ubuntu and Linux Mint by default. Elementary OS users can download it from the AppCenter for free. STEP 4: Select the USB flash drive in the left pane of ‘Disks’ window and then click on the ‘Navigation’ icon located on the right side. Select ‘Restore Disk Image’. Restore Disk Image STEP 5: Browse and select the GParted Live USB ISO file which you had downloaded in STEP 1. STEP 6: Click ‘Start Restoring’.
Start Restoring STEP 7: Confirm and enter root password. Your GParted Live USB drive (also called GNOME Partition Editor) is now ready!
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You can boot into it right away to resize and partition your hard disk. Boot into GParted Live USB drive 1. Once you boot your computer into the USB live drive, you will see this window. Select the first option (highlighted by default) and hit enter key. GParted Live 2. In the next window, select ‘Don’t touch keymap’ and hit enter.
Select Don’t touch keymap 3. Enter the language #. Finally, you will see the GParted user interface.
You can select the desired partition and resize/create/format partitions. GParted User Interface Enjoy! I'm Kiran Kumar, founder of FOSSLinux.com. I'm an avid Linux lover and enjoy hands-on with new promising distros. Currently, I'm using Ubuntu as a daily driver and run several other distros such as Fedora, Solus, Manjaro, Debian, and some new ones on my test PC and virtual machines. I have a day job as an Engineer, and this website is one of my favorite past time activities especially during Winter;). When I'm not writing for FOSSLinux, I'm seen biking and hiking on scenic trails.
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