parted: rm
2.4.11 rm
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-- Command: rm NUMBER
Removes the partition with number NUMBER. If you accidently delete
a partition with this command, use mkpart to recover it. Also, you
can use the gpart program (Related information) to recover
damaged disk labels.
Note for msdos disk labels: if you delete a logical partition, all
logical partitions with a larger partition number will be
renumbered. For example, if you delete a logical partition with a
partition 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.