Re: Re-read partition table without reboot?

2005-11-17 Thread Realos
> Raymond A. Meijer wanted us to know: > >I think that's because when you install the system, the hard drive is not >actually in use. > >Same thing with secondary disks: you can freely add and delete partitions on >another disk that's not in use without rebooting... That seems to be a reasonable

Re: Re-read partition table without reboot?

2005-11-17 Thread Raymond A. Meijer
On Thu 17 Nov 2005 12:54, Realos wrote: > I think it must be possible. At least we see during the debian > installation no need of reboot after chaning parition table. What magic > is used there? I think that's because when you install the system, the hard drive is not actually in use. Same thi

Re: Re-read partition table without reboot?

2005-11-17 Thread Realos
> Realos wanted us to know: >In order to solve the problem of tiny free space on my hard drive, I was >thinking about adding a new partition on the directory tree. >Original post about disk space problem ---> >http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/11/msg01982.html > >I have found some free spa

Re-read partition table without reboot?

2005-11-16 Thread Realos
In order to solve the problem of tiny free space on my hard drive, I was thinking about adding a new partition on the directory tree. Original post about disk space problem ---> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/11/msg01982.html I have found some free space on my hard drive that I would li

Re: Re-read partition table without reboot?

2004-08-07 Thread Tong
On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 14:29:25 +1000, Michael Bellears wrote: > Is there any way to re-read partition info, without resorting to a > re-boot? Have you make changes to you partitions? If not, try using sfdisk, otherwise, you must reboot if Linux told you so. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re-read partition table without reboot?

2004-08-05 Thread Michael Bellears
Is there any way to re-read partition info, without resorting to a re-boot? # blockdev --rereadpt /dev/cciss/c0d0 BLKRRPART: Device or resource busy Regards, MB