Unmounting a partition to delete KDE

[grey1960envoy]

I need to remove mint KDE on my laptop that runs Mint Gnome .they are dual booting and I really did not want to install KDE (I was not home and my wife found it in the dvd) so when it asked to install she said yes ...luckily she did a dual boot LOL but my problem now is how to delete it .I was burning this version to try in another computer and forgot it was in my laptop .I am kind of a newbie only using mint for a few months and using a computer for about 4 years myself.

[seeley]

Hi!
We need some more information to help you:
1. Open a Konsole / Terminal and then as root: [Gnome: sudo command or KDE: su -, password, command:]

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parted -l print

where "l" is not the digit 1 but a little "L" like list;
If parted is not installed, it's easy to do.

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fdisk -l

Please post the output here.
2. Sometimes the installation medium (Desktop Gnome) includes GParted, if not you should install it; it is the best partitioning program I know - it gives you an graphical overview.
With GParted you can delete and create partitions and...
seeley

[grey1960envoy]

ruce@bruce-laptop ~ $ sudo parted -l print
Model: ATA ST9320423AS (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 320GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 215GB 215GB primary ext4
2 215GB 320GB 105GB extended boot
6 307GB 311GB 3945MB logical linux-swap(v1)
5 311GB 320GB 9261MB logical linux-swap(v1)


this is what came up on the terminal now I am ready to continue I hope LOL

[grey1960envoy]

sk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000eb7e6

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 26123 209830499+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 * 26123 38914 102738945 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 37788 38914 9043968 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 37308 37787 3852288 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order




this was in the second part of the terminal query

[seeley]

Hi!
1. Please format your output: choose Code and copy your output between the two pairs of brackets (better to read).
2. Try to find out if gparted is installed, if not install it and post a snapshot of the gparted window.
seeley

[grey1960envoy]

Thanks Seeley but it wound up being a moot point as I unfortunately tried something and destroyed my files LOL all is good thanks to backup