William L. Maltby wrote: > > It used to be possible to get the partition table re-read with > > sfdisk -R /dev/XXX > > Still can do? > Hmm, didn't try that. I did do a "blockdev --rereadpt /dev/XXX", which purports to do the same thing, but that didn't work either. Even though I had disabled the VG, something was still looking at it. > > AHEM! Inelegant? In the eye of the beholder! I *prefer* multiple > partitions because of the flexibility it gives. I keep vg sizes closer > to the anticipated max and then allocate more temporarily or permanently > as needed. This is useful for snapshot volumes too as you can "cross > snapshot" by putting the snapshot on a different physical unit. > Point taken, but in this case the SAN admin extended an existing volume rather than giving me a new one. I thought adding the "new" space to the volume as a separate physical volume would have been sub-optimal, like using two PVs on the same physical disk in the same volume group. Just my reasoning, but I've been wrong before! -- Jay Leafey - Memphis, TN jay.leafey at mindless.com