The latter situation can occur when you define a mount point for /usr or /home to get a
faster response from the disk, and the results are disappointing. In that case, move all the
files back to the / partition before deleting the mount point.
To use EP to delete a partition, first unmount it with the umount command at the shell
prompt. Open EP. Select the partition. Click Delete. You may get a warning, especially if
you haven??™t unmounted or if you accidentally selected the / partition. EP will then mark
the partition for deletion. The delete action will not be final until you click Apply. After
you do that, the partition will be gone, and the space will be available. See the section on
umount later in this chapter.
Resizing a Partition
This is the trickiest part of the EP process and is the special trick of GNU Parted. The standard
Linux fdisk program creates, edits, and deletes partitions. But fdisk, like its
DOS/Windows counterpart, is destructive when it performs its functions. fdisk will cheerfully
create a new partition where some old data is lying around, but that data will be no
more when it??™s done.
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