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2.4.14 rm

Command: rm minor

Removes the partition with number minor. If you accidently delete a partition with this command, use mkpart (not mkpartfs) to recover it. Also, you can use the gpart program (see section 9. Related Software and Info) to recover damaged disk labels.

Note for msdos disk labels: if you delete a logical partition, all logical partitions with a larger minor number will be renumbered. For example, if you delete a logical partition with a minor number of 6, then logical partitions that were number 7, 8 and 9 would be renumbered to 6, 7 and 8 respectively. This means, for example, that you have to update `/etc/fstab' on GNU/Linux systems.

Example:

(parted) rm 3

Remove partition 3.


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