On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 09:56 -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 23:48 +0800, Feizhou wrote: > > I tried creating a new partition on a disk. > > > > After the partition table was written, I got a message about the kernel > > still using the old partition table. > > > > 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. > <snip sif stuff> -- Bill