-- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org "It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that. No one ever just stops by to say 'hi' anymore." --Colonel Jack O'Neill, SG1 > Thanks for the reply... > > But isn't it true that if I use partprobe command, I don't need to reboot > my machine for kernel to read partition changes? > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Mike Burger > mburger@bubbanfriends.orgwrote: > >> > Hi, >> > >> > I've created a new partition on /dev/sda on my CentOS machine after >> which >> > fdisk -l gives output as: >> >  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System >> > /dev/sda1  *          1          13      104391  83  Linux >> > /dev/sda2              14        3500    28009327+  83  Linux >> > /dev/sda3            3501        6527    24314377+  83  Linux >> > >> > Now, when I run partprobe I get the following error: >> > Error: Error informing the kernel about modifications to partition >> > /dev/sda3 -- Device or resource busy.  This means Linux won't know >> about >> > any changes you made to /dev/sda3 until you reboot -- so you shouldn't >> > mount it or use it in any way before rebooting. >> > Warning: The kernel was unable to re-read the partition table on >> /dev/sda >> > (Device or resource busy).  This means Linux won't know anything about >> the >> > modifications you made until you reboot.  You should reboot your >> computer >> > before doing anything with /dev/sda. >> > >> > I'm using parted rpm version "parted-1.8.1-29.el5". Is it some issue >> with >> > this version or with the way I'm using this command? >> >> In my experience, this is normal behavior...it's not any different than >> if >> you used fdisk, instead. >> >> You're modifying the partition table on the boot drive, and, if I recall >> correctly, there isn't a mechanism for the kernel to reread the >> partition >> table of the boot drive. >> >> Long story short, you'll need to reboot. >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos