USB setup with GNU/Linux
Choose one of the following methods to setup GParted Live on your USB flash drive using GNU/Linux:
GNU/Linux Method A: Tuxboot
- Download Tuxboot on your GNU/Linux computer.
- From GNU/Linux, follow the instructions and the GUI to run Tuxboot to install GParted Live on your USB flash drive.
GNU/Linux Method B: Manual
WARNING! Confirm you have the correct path name before executing commands! |
- Download the GParted Live zip file.
- If you already have a FAT16 or FAT32 partition on your USB flash drive then skip to the next step (3).
Otherwise prepare at least a 200 MB partition formatted with either a FAT16 or FAT32 file system.
If the USB flash drive or USB hard drive does not have any partition, you can use a partitioning tool (e.g. gparted, parted, fdisk, cfdisk or sfdisk) to create a partition with a size of 200 MB or more.
Here we assume your USB flash drive or USB hard drive is /dev/sdd (You have to comfirm your device name, since it's _NOT_ always /dev/sdd) on your GNU/Linux, so the partition table is like:# fdisk -l /dev/sdd Disk /dev/sdd: 12.8 GB, 12884901888 bytes 15 heads, 63 sectors/track, 26630 cylinders Units = cylinders of 945 * 512 = 483840 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000c2aa7 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdd1 * 1 26630 12582643+ b W95 FAT32
Then format the partition as FAT with a command such as "mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sdd1"
WARNING! Executing the mkfs.vfat command on the wrong partition or device could cause your GNU/Linux not to boot. Be sure to confirm the command before you run it.# mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sdd1 mkfs.vfat 2.11 (12 Mar 2005)
- Insert your USB flash drive or USB hard drive into the USB port on your Linux machine and wait a few seconds. Next, run the command "dmesg" to query the device name of the USB flash drive or USB hard drive. Let's say, for example, that you find it is /dev/sdd1. In this example, we assume /dev/sdd1 has FAT filesystem, and it is automatically mounted in dir /media/usb/. If it's not automatically mounted, manually mount it with commands such as "mkdir -p /media/usb; mount /dev/sdd1 /media/usb/".
- Unzip all the files and copy them into your USB flash drive or USB hard drive. You can do this with a command such as: "unzip gparted-live-0.4.5-2.zip -d /media/usb/"). Keep the directory architecture, for example, file "COPYING" should be in the USB flash drive or USB hard drive's top directory (e.g. /media/usb/COPYING).
- To make your USB flash drive bootable, first change the working dir, e.g. "cd /media/usb/utils/linux", then run "bash makeboot.sh /dev/sdd1" (replace /dev/sdd1 with your USB flash drive device name), and follow the prompts.
WARNING! Executing makeboot.sh with the wrong device name could cause your GNU/Linux not to boot. Be sure to confirm the command before you run it.
NOTE: There is a known problem if you run makeboot.sh on Debian Etch, since the program utils/linux/syslinux does not work properly. Make sure you run it on newer GNU/Linux, such as Debian Lenny, Ubuntu 8.04, or Fedora 9.
TIP: If your USB flash drive or USB hard drive is not able to boot, check the following:
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GNU/Linux Method C: Unetbootin
CAUTION: Unetbootin creates a different boot menu. |
- If you already have Unetbootin installed on your computer then skip to step 2.
Otherwise install Unetbootin on your GNU/Linux computer. - Download the GParted Live iso file.
- From GNU/Linux, run the Unetbootin program and follow the instructions in the GUI to install GParted Live on your USB flash drive.