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4 Use this dialog box to create a single file to hold secure data. When entering
the pathname, do not point to an existing file unless you have it backed up.
To access an encrypted partition, you must use the mount command to make the partition
visible. You will be asked to supply the password. See the section on the mount command
later in the chapter.
Expert Functions
Two Expert functions round out the EP tasks. If you suspect that the partition table is not
showing up correctly in the EP window, click Reread Partition Table.
It??™s not even close to being a common occurrence, but a bad label can get attached to a
disk. If you??™re having otherwise weird problems on your system, disposing of the label
can be a last option. Delete Partition Table and Disk Label is the equivalent of waving the
white flag and saying goodbye. Along with the bad label, everything else on that partition
will disappear as well. Always back up before running this one.
Mounting a File System
A Linux system doesn??™t really care what is attached to it at any given moment.


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