Can a partition table be edited from a LiveUSB of another architecture?

Posted by Eliran Malka on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Eliran Malka
Published on 2013-06-05T19:06:54Z Indexed on 2013/07/02 17:15 UTC
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My purpose is to re-partition a dual-boot machine (running Ubuntu 13.04 / Windows 7), i.e. the current table is as follows:

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|           |      extended partition        |            |
|  windows  |--------------------------------|  recovery  |
|  (NTFS)   |   swap   |     filesystem      |   (NTFS)   |
|           |  (swap)  |       (ext4)        |            |
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and I want to create an additional ext4 partition under the extended partition, and mount those (the one I created and the 'filesystem' partition) to root and home (/ and /home), such as the new layout will be:

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|           |      extended partition        |            |
|  windows  |--------------------------------|  recovery  |
|  (NTFS)   |   swap   |   root   |   home   |   (NTFS)   |
|           |  (swap)  |  (ext4)  |  (ext4)  |            |
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As the installations on the system and on my Live USB differ in architecture, I want to know:

Is it safe to use a 64bit GParted from a Live USB for partitioning a 32bit installation?

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