Re: disk partitions on that aren't recognized by mkfs + parted

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Hi,

Please provide the output of following:

#fdisk -l
#df -h

Regards,

Raj

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann
<margaret_doll@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I get the same error with mk2efs -j /dev/sdi1
>
> mke2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006)
> /dev/sdi1 is apparently in use by the system; will not make a filesystem
> here!
>
>
>  On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 8:50 AM, raj sourabh <rajsourabh1@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Did you try using fdisk for partition? and the use partprobe.
> >
> > eg. #fdisk /dev/sdi
> >     # partprobe
> >     #mke2fs -j /dev/sdiX
> >
> > I hope this would help.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Raj
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann
> > <margaret_doll@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> >
> > > In this particular case, I have rebooted the system many times and am
> > > unable
> > > to get mkfs to work.  The disk partitions are also not on the same disk
> > as
> > > /.  How do I get the disk partitions to work with mkfs?
> > >
> > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Corey Kovacs <corey.kovacs@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Important to note
> > > >
> > > > 1. It's not often / is repartitioned.
> > > > 2. This isn't a problem unique to RHEL.
> > > >
> > > > C
> > > >
> > > > Sent from my iPod
> > > >
> > > > On May 5, 2011, at 8:14 AM, "Marti, Robert" <RJM002@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > A reboot is required if you change partitions on the same disk that
> > > > houses /.
> > > > >
> > > > > On May 5, 2011, at 6:41, "Stainforth, Matthew (SD/DS)" <
> > > > Matthew.Stainforth@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >>> the default behavior for RHEL6 but I am not sure when or IF it
> > > > >>> actually hit RHEL5. Sounds like it might have. In RHEL6 a reboot
> is
> > > > >>> simply a requirement, full stop.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> In RHEL6 a reboot is required between repartitioning and mkfs'ing?
> > >  What
> > > > a sad thing if true.
> > > > >>
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