

Read it, but just press enter at each prompt.

Start your VM if you changed the boot order, it will boot to the GParted-live ISO otherwise press F12 to do this.ĭo not be afraid or get too confused/wrapped up in the initial options you are presented I selected all the defaults (booting to GParted default, default key mapping, language (assuming English - sorry for my non-English friends!), display, etc.). If necessary/desired, change the boot order in the System settings for the host machine, to boot from CD before Hard Disk (alternatively, you can press F12 when it's booting up, and select the device) ISO to the CD virtual drive in the host machine's Storage settings

The important part is to get the live (.iso) verison, which is in the form of a bootable. To re-iterate/expand on his solution (don't be afraid of the # steps, I'm trying to help newbies here, so there are necessarily more detailed instructions!):Ĭhange the size of the virtual hard disk via the VBoxManage modifyhd command, which is well-documented here and in the VirtualBox documentation.ĭownload the GParted-live ( ) or search the internet for GParted-live ISO. I am glad you were able to get this done in this manner, but you can (and I did) use the GParted tool for my Windows XP host by following the helpful entry by Eric.
