-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Robert P. J. Day wrote: > historically, after i create a new partition, i typically have to > reboot to refresh the kernel's understanding of the partition > table. under what circumstances is this actually necessary? i know > that it's not *always* necessary. is it just for primary > partitions? and is there a way to "force" a refresh on a running > system so that rebooting isn't required? thanks. > > rday > Hi there, a simple partprobe should do the trick I cannot see the point of rebooting if you are not switching kernel. Remember, "rebooting is a sign of weakness!" hth Thierry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iD8DBQFFBZ/ULC18tm1XH9YRAp8NAKDbfnJEROwZSiX+0mC7dz23T5YO6gCdEY1+ MjTmnCd51PSNl2hQfLtKS9o= =pwaa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
