Live CD/USB/PXE/HD
GParted Live is a small bootable GNU/Linux distribution for x86
based computers.
It enables you to use all the features of
the latest versions of the GParted application.
GParted Live can be installed on CD, USB, PXE server, and Hard Disk
then run on an x86 machine.
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CAUTION:
Creating a whole disk or partition image backup is recommended before
you resize or move a partition. Some free software (GPL) disk and
partition image tools are available: |
Installation Instructions
To install GParted Live on CD, download the
.iso file and burn it as an image to a CD.
For other installations, please refer to the following documents:
GParted Live on USB
GParted Live on PXE server
GParted Live on Hard Disk
Add packages in GParted Live
Create your own custom GParted Live
from scratch
Usage Instructions
See the GParted
Live Manual for instructions on how to use the Live image.
See the GParted Manual
for instructions on how to use the application for partitioning
tasks.
See the documentation page for copies
of the GParted Manual in other languages.
For x86-based Apple machines before 2012, e.g., iMac5.1 or iMac11.1, you might need to add "nomodeset enforcing=0 xforcevesa vga=791" in the boot parameters so that GParted live can boot successfully. For more info, please refer to this.
Accounts in GParted live
GParted live is based on Debian live, and the default account is "user", with password "live". There is no root password, so if you need root privileges, login as "user", then run "sudo" to get root privileges.
Available boot parameters
You can find the available boot parameters for GParted live here.
Included Packages
GParted Live includes additional packages, such as:
Graphical Utilities
Right click on the desktop to access a pop-up menu.
| Program | Description |
|---|---|
| lxterminal | Terminal emulator (provides access to command line) |
| pcmanfm | Graphical file manager |
| leafpad | Graphical text editor |
| netsurf | Small web browser |
| gsmartcontrol | Hard disk drive and SSD health inspection tool |
| galculator | RPN and algebraic scientific calculator |
Command Line Utilities
| Program | Description |
|---|---|
| fsarchiver | File system archiver and restorer |
| partclone | Backup partitions into a compressed image file (e.g., partclone.ext4) |
| partimage | Backup partitions into a compressed image file |
| testdisk | Data recovery tool that can help recover lost partitions |
| gpart | (Older) data recovery tool that can help recover lost msdos partition tables |
| grub | GRand Unified Bootloader for restoring GRUB 2 boot loader |
| hexedit | Edit files in hexadecimal or in ASCII |
| mc | Text based file manager known as Midnight Commander |
| nano | Text editor |
| vim-tiny | Enhanced vi text editor |
| parted | Partition table editor |
| fdisk | MSDOS partition table editor |
| sfdisk | MSDOS partition table editor also useful to save/restore partition table to/from a file |
| gdisk | GPT partition table editor |
| sgdisk | GPT partition table editor also useful to save/restore partition table to/from a file |
| gptsync | GPT and MSDOS partition tables synchronization tool useful for Mac OS X users |
| openssh | Secure shell (ssh) connectivity tool suite |
| screen | Screen manager with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation |
| ping | Check network connectivity to another host on a network |
| rsync | Fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool |
| telnet | Communicate with another host using the TELNET protocol |
| traceroute | Print the route packets trace to network host |
| bc | Arbitrary precision calculator language |
| nwipe | Secure disk eraser |
To view all of the included packages you can either:
refer to the "packages-x.y.z-w.txt" file in the
download directory,
or
view the file "live/packages.txt" file inside the
GParted Live iso file or zip file.
