Create new partitions on a single partition disk

Frenchy

When I installed Solus, I made the mistake of following the default proposals and I ended up with only one partition. Since it saturates on the OS only part I need to partition my MBR disk with Gparted. However it doesn't work Gparted refuses to partition because the reason is that the disk is being used to one partition. What is the easiest solution to repartition it into 3 or 4 parts safely for a beginner like me?

just

You aren't try to run Gparted to resize Solus partition from within Solus itself, are you?

It's not possible to resize, move, delete mounted partitions. Gparted must be started from another installed Linux or from live media - to operate on unmounted partitions.

The simplest way would be to download live Gprated ISO, burn it to USB key, then boot from LiveUSB. After that, you'll be able to do everything you want with the hard disk.

Edit: Or simply boot from live Solus media. It has Gparted as well, so you'll be able to use Gparted from within live Solus session.