GParted LiveCD fails to start

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I have a VM setup in VirtualBox (LinuxMint 17.1). But I'm trying to boot to GParted so I can resize a partition. I'm using gparted-live-0.22.0-2-amd64.iso and it boots correctly. I've tried every option in GRUB as well as the latter menu, but I can't get past this screen:

GParted Won't Start

This screen also appears during boot, before I get to the keymap selection screen:

GParted LiveCD Errors

VM Configuration is here

LinuxMint LiveCD boots and starts up fine. Trying to use that instead. — Josh M., May 29 '15 at 14:25
That worked fine - so I'm all set. Still would like to know why it wouldn't boot though. — Josh M., May 29 '15 at 14:31

score 21 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 28 '18 at 18:34

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I had the same problem and checked the "Enable EFI (special OSes only)" extended feature and it started working.

VirtualBox VM settings, showing System: EFI enabled

edited Jan 28 '18 at 18:34

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Had the same trouble, tried the Enable EFI and it was the same deal. strange thing was that the same image had worked thirty minutes before on a 32-bit VM – JoSSte Oct 03 '15 at 19:09
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you are a life saver – knocte May 20 '16 at 10:31
This worked for me also. – thoni56 Jun 16 '16 at 19:20

GParted LiveCD fails to start

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