I could use diskutil to shrink the partition and then create a new partition, and copy the iso image (via dd) into that partition, and then boot Linux from the internal HD and do the upgrade.

A review of what EFI boot (UEFI firmware) is, how it works, how it interacts with Linux installations, and a few tips and personal experiences on how to configure and maintain it.

I dual boot with debian sid and winxp. So i resized by winxp fat32 partition to free up somespace and that went fine. However, when i rebooted i can go into windows fine via lilo, but not into ...

GParted Live boots quickly, and handles virtually any partition type, including nearly all Linux, OS X, and Windows types. Graphically, GParted Live is primitive.

Microsoft has submitted a series of patches to Linux kernel developers requesting that Linux run as the root partition on the Hyper-V, its hypervisor software for running Windows and non-Windows ...

Vincent Danen goes over the basics of using the standard dd tool to back up and copy partitions and drives.