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From: Anumeha Prasad <anumeha.prasad@xxxxxxxxx>
To: CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: partprobe command showing error
Thanks for the reply...
But isn't it true that if I use partprobe command, I don't need to reboot
my machine for kernel to read partition changes?
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Mike Burger <mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've created a new partition on /dev/sda on my CentOS machine after which
> > fdisk -l gives output as:
> > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> > /dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
> > /dev/sda2 14 3500 28009327+ 83 Linux
> > /dev/sda3 3501 6527 24314377+ 83 Linux
> >
> > Now, when I run partprobe I get the following error:
> > Error: Error informing the kernel about modifications to partition
> > /dev/sda3 -- Device or resource busy. This means Linux won't know about
> > any changes you made to /dev/sda3 until you reboot -- so you shouldn't
> > mount it or use it in any way before rebooting.
> > Warning: The kernel was unable to re-read the partition table on /dev/sda
> > (Device or resource busy). This means Linux won't know anything about
> the
> > modifications you made until you reboot. You should reboot your computer
> > before doing anything with /dev/sda.
> >
> > I'm using parted rpm version "parted-1.8.1-29.el5". Is it some issue with
> > this version or with the way I'm using this command?
>
> In my experience, this is normal behavior...it's not any different than if
> you used fdisk, instead.
>
> You're modifying the partition table on the boot drive, and, if I recall
> correctly, there isn't a mechanism for the kernel to reread the partition
> table of the boot drive.
>
> Long story short, you'll need to reboot.
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