"partprobe" command helps me in cases i'm adding partitions on device which is already partitions which are mounted On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Piergiorgio Sartor <piergiorgio.sartor@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > thanks for the hint, basically that exactly > what was needed, i.e. informing the kernel > about the new partition. > > The only different with your suggestion was > to use "addpart", instead of "partx". > > Thanks again, > > bye, > > pg > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 08:22:33AM +1000, Neil Brown wrote: >> On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:25:21 +0200 >> Piergiorgio Sartor <piergiorgio.sartor@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > Any other suggestions or ideas? >> > >> >> You cannot use the BLKRRPART ioctl while any partition of the device is open. >> However you can use BLKPG_ADD_PARTITION to add a new partition providing it >> doesn't overlap any existing partition. >> Unfortunately parted doesn't use this ioctl, nor am I aware of anything which >> does. (Google suggests something called DeviceKit does, but I know nothing >> about that). >> You could write a program which reads the the partition table and tries to >> add each partition individually. Some might fail but others might succeed. >> ... or maybe you don't need to- 'partx' in util-linux-ng seems to do what you >> want. >> >> NeilBrown >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > -- > > piergiorgio > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- Best regards, [COOLCOLD-RIPN] -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
