I've downloaded the gparted "application" from a website using my windows machine, i've put the .iso image onto a usb and transfered it onto my linux machine. I've then followed some instructions and mounted it onto my machine. At this point i was expecting some sort of application to be there where i could double click it and simply run it.
My question is, once i've mounted the gparted iso onto my machine, how do i "run" it. I'm a windows user so i was expecting a .exe file. Is there a step i've missed out?
Additional points: I'm downloading this because i need to reduce the size of my main partition.
Link where i got the gparted iso from: http://gparted.org/download.php
Instructions i followed to mount the iso:
sudo mkdir /media/iso "/n" sudo mount -o loop myIsoFile.iso /media/iso
I'm using ubuntu with kernel 4.8
If i've missed anything out please let me know
gparted
is to be used asboot device
since its on theusb
make sure its installed there as abootable iso
then change the boot order from your bios (assuming the boot order doesn't haveusb
in first place). Now plugin theusb
and boot into it. The gparted will boot up and present options to modify your disk... NOTE please backup first, don't say you weren't warned