4MParted

4MParted is an open source distribution of Linux that is freely distributed and based on the minimalist 4MLinux operating system, built around the GParted partition editor application and designed from the ground up to help users resize, merge, create, delete or check the partitions of any hard disk drive (HDD) or solid state drive (SSD).

Being based on the GParted application, the distribution supports all mainstream file systems that are supported by the upstream software, including EXT2, EXT3, EXT4, Linux SWAP, ReiserFS, Reiser4, XFS, LVM2 PV, F2FS, JFS, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, NIFLS2, HFS and HFS+.

Distributed as a dual-arch Live CD, supported on 32-bit and 64-bit computers

The distribution is available for download as a single, dual-arch bootable and minimal Live CD ISO image that has only 30 MB in size. This means that it can boot on both 64-bit (x86_64) and 32-bit (x86) computers, and it’s highly portable, being deployable on Mini CDs, CDs or USB thumb drives.

First thing that the user sees when they boot the Live CD from the BIOS of their PC is the boot menu, which include two options. While the first options allows them to boot the live system with normal configuration, the second option allow them to start the operating system with the VESA framebruffer in safe graphics mode, in case they encounter video issues with the first option.

Built around GParted, without a true desktop environment

As mentioned, 4MParted is very minimal, which means that it only includes the GParted application. You will have mouse control, even if the mouse cursor is an X, but there’s no real world desktop environment installed, so you won’t be able to do anything else with this operating system besides manipulating your hard disk drives or solid state drives. For details on how to use GParted, check its official website.

What is new in this release:

• This version includes GParted 0.29.0 and it uses 4MLinux 24.0 BETA as the base system.

What is new in version :

• This version includes GParted 0.29.0 and it uses 4MLinux 23.0 as the base system.

What is new in version 22.0 Beta:

• This version includes GParted 0.28.1 and it uses 4MLinux 22.0 as the base system.

What is new in version 21.0 Beta:

• This version includes GParted 0.26.1 and it uses 4MLinux 21.0 as the base system.

What is new in version 20.0 Beta:

• This version includes GParted 0.26.1 and it uses 4MLinux 20.0 as the base system.

What is new in version 19.0 Beta:

• This version includes GParted 0.26.1 and it uses 4MLinux 19.0 as the base system.

What is new in version 18.0 Beta:

• This version includes GParted 0.25.0 and it uses 4MLinux 16.0 as the base system.

What is new in version 16.0 Beta:

• This version includes GParted 0.25.0 and it uses 4MLinux 16.0 as the base system.

What is new in version 14.0 Beta:

• This version includes GParted 0.23.0 and it uses 4MLinux 14.0 as the base system.

What is new in version 12.0 / 13.1 Beta:

• This version includes GParted 0.22.0 and it uses 4MLinux 13.1 as the base system.

What is new in version 12.0 / 13.0 Beta:

• This version includes GParted 0.22.0 and it uses 4MLinux 13.0 as the base system.

What is new in version 12.0:

• This version includes GParted 0.21.0 and it uses 4MLinux 12.0 as the core system.

What is new in version 11.0 Beta:

• This initial release is based on 4MLinux 11.0 and GParted 0.20.0. The supported filesystems are: btrfs, ext2, ext3, ext4, f2fs, fat16, fat32, hfs, hfs+, jfs, linux-swap, lvm2 pv, nilfs2, ntfs, reiser4, reiserfs, and xfs.
• Notes:
• If GParted cannot read/modify a newly created partition, just quit this application. 4MLinux will try to force the Linux kernel to re-read partition table, and next GParted will be restarted for you.
• Press the power-off button to quit 4MParted (acpi daemon will run a script to cleanly shutdown your computer).