Hello Just replying to my old email, sorry I could not find a copy, the thread is archived online though: http://marc.info/?l=util-linux-ng&m=123781060627404&w=2 In an old version of fdisk, it was not possible to re-read the partition table on a device which contained the mounted root partition. is this still the case? If so, could the error message include this info, so users know they need to reboot. Maybe changing the text: old: WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed new: WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed. (Check if this is due to a partition is still mounted on the disk that was changed. If a root partition, new table will be used at next reboot) Best regards, Jon Example old output: Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered! Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 5: Input/output error. The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at the next reboot. Syncing disks. root@ubuntu:/dev# -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
