Re: [cobbler] reread partition table without reboot

2013-09-12 Thread Orion Poplawski
On 09/12/2013 01:32 PM, Robert Joseph wrote: anyone have suggestions for getting the OS to successfully reread the partition table on a disk with an already mounted partition? I think that's a no go. Can you unmount the mounted partitions first and then remount? -- Orion Poplawski Technica

Re: [cobbler] reread partition table without reboot

2013-09-12 Thread Robert Joseph
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Orion Poplawski wrote: > On 09/12/2013 01:32 PM, Robert Joseph wrote: > >> anyone have suggestions for getting the OS to successfully reread the >> partition table on a disk with an already mounted partition? >> > > I think that's a no go. Can you unmount the mou

Re: [cobbler] reread partition table without reboot

2013-09-12 Thread Mann, Owen
You could also try `sfdisk -R` Owen Mann, Interactive Data Real Time Services 60 Codman Hill Rd, Boxborough, MA 01719 978-795-3758 owen.m...@interactivedata.com From: cobbler-boun...@lists.fedorahosted.org [cobbler-boun...@lists.fedorahosted.org] on behalf of

Re: [cobbler] reread partition table without reboot

2013-09-12 Thread Patrick Lists
On 09/12/2013 09:32 PM, Robert Joseph wrote: [snip] anyone have suggestions for getting the OS to successfully reread the partition table on a disk with an already mounted partition? Don't know if it's available but have you tried kpartx? Regards, Patrick _

Re: [cobbler] reread partition table without reboot

2013-09-12 Thread Robert Joseph
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Patrick Lists < cobbler-l...@puzzled.xs4all.nl> wrote: > On 09/12/2013 09:32 PM, Robert Joseph wrote: > [snip] > > anyone have suggestions for getting the OS to successfully reread the >> partition table on a disk with an already mounted partition? >> > > Don't kn

[cobbler] reread partition table without reboot

2013-09-12 Thread Robert Joseph
hello, i have cobbler kickstart a machine, partition, format and install os on sda1 like so: bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=sda --append="crashkernel=auto" clearpart --all --initlabel zerombr part / --ondisk=sda --fstype="ext4" --asprimary --size=4 then, in a postinstall snippet, i m