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Topic: 0.5.1-1: Unable to find a medium containing a live file system

Trying to run gparted live CD on an Ubuntu 9.10 image running in VMWare.

mount -t ext4 -o ro,noatime /dev/sda1 /live/image

EXT4-fs (sda1) mounted file system with ordered data mode
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BOOT FAILED!  This Debian Live image failed to boot.

See also http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=13835

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Re: 0.5.1-1: Unable to find a medium containing a live file system

Workaround was to mount an Ubuntu 9.10 ISO as a CD connected to the vmware guest, boot off that, and run its GParted instead.

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Re: 0.5.1-1: Unable to find a medium containing a live file system

The livecd contains its own bootable operating system.

*** It is highly recommended to backup any important files before doing resize/move operations. ***