No, gparted does not work in this case (but in most other cases gparted is a good tool).
But you can mount the partition with the iso9660 file system manually, and after that you can look at it with a file manager, or as illustrated below, with command line tools. For example, I can read the file README.diskdefines in the iso9660 file system. Try it :-) ----- sudodus@xenial32 ~ $ sudo lsblk -f /dev/sdd [sudo] password for sudodus: NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT sdd iso9660 Lubuntu 16.04.1 LTS i386 2016-09-09-18-15-41-00 └─sdd1 iso9660 Lubuntu 16.04.1 LTS i386 2016-09-09-18-15-41-00 sudodus@xenial32 ~ $ sudo lsblk -m /dev/sdd NAME SIZE OWNER GROUP MODE sdd 3,7G root disk brw-rw---- └─sdd1 859M root disk brw-rw---- sudodus@xenial32 ~ $ sudo mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt mount: /dev/sdd1 is write-protected, mounting read-only sudodus@xenial32 ~ $ ls -l /mnt totalt 36 dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 sep 9 20:15 boot dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 sep 9 20:15 casper dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 sep 9 20:15 dists dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 sep 9 20:15 install dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 18432 sep 9 20:15 isolinux -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3114 sep 9 20:15 md5sum.txt dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 sep 9 20:15 pics dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 sep 9 20:15 pool dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 sep 9 20:15 preseed -r--r--r-- 1 root root 227 sep 9 20:15 README.diskdefines lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1 sep 9 20:15 ubuntu -> . sudodus@xenial32 ~ $ cat /mnt/README.diskdefines #define DISKNAME Lubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta i386 #define TYPE binary #define TYPEbinary 1 #define ARCH i386 #define ARCHi386 1 #define DISKNUM 1 #define DISKNUM1 1 #define TOTALNUM 0 #define TOTALNUM0 1 sudodus@xenial32 ~ $ ----- -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1622313 Title: gparted does not recognize the iso9660 file system in cloned Ubuntu USB boot drives To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gparted/+bug/1622313/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs