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.

If you are unable to boot into Windows after installing Linux Mint or any other distro on your computer, try updating GRUB, using Boot Repair, and adjusting UEFI settings.

Well after booting into Windows to put the boot sector on my C:, I noticed that the drive I wrote the file too was now considered a raw partition.

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.

Operating systems, such as Linux, provides partitioning software to resize partitions without any data loss. It's possible to resize a partition using Gparted in an easy and a convenient way. Gparted ...

Linux Reader is a free Windows application that allows you read access to ext2 and ext3 formatted drives (your Linux partition). The software does a nice job of copying the look and feel Windows ...

The start location (inclusive) of the partition. If this value is not specified, then a partition starts at the end of the previous partition. The first partition will by default start at 1 MiB to ...