On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 19:48 +0800, Feizhou wrote: > >>> How do I get whatever system to register the new partition short of > >>> rebooting the box? > >>> _______________________________________________ > >> Got to reboot if you change the partition that contains / mount or if > >> the partition can not be locked for writing. > > > > sfdisk -R ... > > > > Used to do the trick. I can't remember if the device is needed. Man > > sfdisk will fill in the details. > > From the man page: > > "-R Only execute the BLKRRPART ioctl (to make the kernel re-read > the partition table). This can be useful for checking advance > that the final BLKRRPART will be successful, and also when you changed > the partition table ‘by hand’ (e.g., using dd from a backup). If > the kernel complains (‘device busy for revalidation (usage = 2)’) > then something still uses the device, and you still have to unmount > some file system, or say swapoff to some swap partition." > > Interesting part about the swap partition. So it might go for both / and > any swap partition. Right ... I just reboot if I mess with the / partition via fdisk :) If a machine is so important that it can't be off long enough to reboot, it needs a standby connected by something like DRBD :) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20061124/1d368db9/attachment-0004.sig>