On Tue, Sep 15, 1998 at 07:09:43PM +0100, Adrian Bridgett wrote: > On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 11:29:24PM +0200, Jan Krupa wrote: > > Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. > > Syncing disks. > > Re-read table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy. > > Reboot your system to ensure the partition table is updated. > > Did you reboot before trying mke2fs /dev/hda3??
Every time this has happened to me, the actual changes to the partition table have not been written. I always make sure I have no mounted partitions on disks I am running fdisk on; that avoids the problem. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
