I have just tried 0.5.2-1, 0.4.8-6 and 0.4.6-1 version installed locally as stated on http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livehd.php on a Samsung NC10 dual booting WinXP and CentOS-5 i386.

-> all 3 versions fail with looping NTFS/ext3 detections messages.

But when I PXE boot either version as stated on http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livepxe.php both 0.5.2-1 and 0.4.6-1 version works as expected...

grub.conf entries:
title gparted 0.5.2-1
        kernel (hd0,5)/boot/gparted-0.5.2-1/live/vmlinuz boot=live union=aufs noswap vga=788 ip=frommedia nosplash live-media-path=/boot/gparted-0.5.2-1 bootfrom=/dev/sda6 toram=filesystem.squashfs keyb=fr
        initrd (hd0,5)/boot/gparted-0.5.2-1/live/initrd.img
title gparted 0.4.8-6
        kernel (hd0,5)/boot/gparted-0.4.8-6/live/vmlinuz1 boot=live union=aufs noswap vga=788 ip=frommedia nosplash live-media-path=/boot/gparted-0.4.8-6 bootfrom=/dev/sda6 toram=filesystem.squashfs keyb=fr
        initrd (hd0,5)/boot/gparted-0.4.8-6/live/initrd1.img
title gparted 0.4.6-1
        kernel (hd0,5)/boot/gparted-0.4.6-1/live/vmlinuz1 boot=live union=aufs noswap vga=788 ip=frommedia nosplash live-media-path=/boot/gparted-0.4.6-1 bootfrom=/dev/sda6 toram=filesystem.squashfs keyb=fr
        initrd (hd0,5)/boot/gparted-0.4.6-1/live/initrd1.img


pxe entry:

label GParted Live 0.4.6-1
  MENU DEFAULT
  # MENU HIDE
  MENU LABEL GParted Live 0.4.6-1 (Default settings)
  # MENU PASSWD
  kernel /gparted-0.4.6-1/live/vmlinuz1
  append initrd=/gparted-0.4.6-1/live/initrd1.img boot=live union=aufs    noswap vga=788 ip=frommedia  nosplash fetch=http://10.0.0.4/gparted-0.4.6-1/live/filesystem.squashfs
  TEXT HELP
  * GParted live version: 0.4.6-1. Live version maintainer: Steven Shiau
  * Disclaimer: GParted live comes with ABSOLUTE NO WARRANTY
  ENDTEXT
label GParted Live 0.5.2-1
  MENU DEFAULT
  # MENU HIDE
  MENU LABEL GParted Live (Default settings)
  # MENU PASSWD
  kernel /gparted-0.5.2-1/live/vmlinuz
  append initrd=/gparted-0.5.2-1/live/initrd.img boot=live union=aufs    noswap vga=788 ip=frommedia  nosplash fetch=http://10.0.0.4/gparted-0.5.2-1/live/filesystem.squashfs
  TEXT HELP
  * GParted live version: 0.5.2-1. Live version maintainer: Steven Shiau
  * Disclaimer: GParted live comes with ABSOLUTE NO WARRANTY
  ENDTEXT

there is no serial port to catch the output, any idea on how to capture/record the boot process ?

Tru

Many changes have been made to both GParted and GParted Live since this bug was
first reported.

Would you be able to try GParted Live 0.7.0-4?

using the gparted-live-0.7.0-4.iso

pxe boot with:

label GParted Live
  MENU LABEL GParted Live (Default settings)
  kernel /gparted-0.7.0-4/vmlinuz1
  append initrd=/gparted-0.7.0-4/initrd1.img boot=live union=aufs noswap vga=788 nosplash fetch=http://10.0.0.4/gparted-0.7.0-4/live/filesystem.squashfs

for another machine, I don't have the nc10 handy, will try next week and report back

user "user" with password "live" does not seem to exist:
(booted with: init=/bin/sh console=ttyS0,38400n)

...
Begin: Running /scripts/live-realpremount ... done.                             
Begin: Mounting "/live/image/live/filesystem.squashfs" on "//filesystem.squashf.
done.                                                                           
Begin: Running /scripts/live-bottom                                             
 ... Begin: Configuring fstab ... done.                                         
Begin: Preconfiguring networking ... done.                                      
Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ... done.                                   
/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off                               
#

root@diane:/# grep -v '^#' /etc/sudoers| grep -v '^$'
Defaults        env_reset
root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
%sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL
root@diane:/# grep user /etc/passwd 

booted with: console=ttyS0,38400n

Loading kernel modules...done.
Starting remaining crypto disks...done.
Fast boot enabled, so skipping file system check. ... (warning).
Mounting local filesystems...done.
Cleaning up temporary files....
Setting kernel variables ...done.
Cleaning up temporary files....
Setting console screen modes.
Rcannot (un)set powersave mode
Skipping font and keymap setup (handled by console-setup).
Setting up console font and keymap...done.
live-boot is configuring sendsigs....
INIT: Entering runlevel: 2
Using makefile-style concurrent boot in runlevel 2.
Starting MD monitoring service: mdadm --monitor.
Starting system message bus: dbus.
Starting Hardware abstraction layer: hald.
Updating /etc/gparted-live/gparted-live.conf based on kernel parameters if foun!
No account with NOPASSWD sudo privilege was found!
Program terminated!
startpar: service(s) returned failure: start-gparted-live ... failed!
Running scripts in rc2.d/ took 1 seconds.

There definitely should be a "user" account in the /etc/passwd file.

Steven, if you have a chance can you take a look at this?

(In reply to comment #2)
> Many changes have been made to both GParted and GParted Live since this bug was
> first reported.
> 
> Would you be able to try GParted Live 0.7.0-4?

Newer versions are running fine here.

/Martin

(In reply to comment #6)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > Would you be able to try GParted Live 0.7.0-4?
> 
> Newer versions are running fine here.

Closing this bug report.

Tru Huynh,

It looks like your problem is different than the one originally raised by mhost.

Would you be able to try removing the "union=aufs" and "vga=788" from the boot parameter list and try again?

Closing this bug report as FIXED per comment #7.