I have never had to reboot my linux after changing partition tables either. Only with winblows do you have to do such a thing - and you better know what your doing and use the right program if you try the partition trick with winblows.
-- Steve Smith/KC9AOY Linux Rulez - Stop rebooting and get work done! Switch to Linux! > On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 20:27, mangesh shripad joshi wrote: > > respected sir/madam > > my name is mangesh joshi and i am relatively new to linux learning > > linux for the last five months.I have a few querries and i would > > be grateful to you if you answer my querries. > > > > 1)whenever we create a new partition on a running system we need > > to restart the computer to make the kernel read the new > > partition.i want a way to make the kernel read the new partition > > without rebooting the system. > > I've never had to reboot after creating a partition or creating a file > system - is this something new that I'm missing out on? Or is it the > process by which you're doing this? > > -- > Mon Jul 7 21:50:00 EST 2003 > 21:50:00 up 23:22, 3 users, load average: 0.90, 0.60, 0.44 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > | __ __ |kuhn media australia | > | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | > | .\__/ || | | |================================| > | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn | > | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 & RH 7.3 > Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * > > "That's where I saw the Leprchaun. He tells me to burn things!" > > --Ralph Wiggum > This Little Wiggy (Episode 5F13) > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
