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| author | Vincent Deffontaines | 2008-09-16 13:08:12 +0200 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2008-10-06 11:52:48 +0200 |
| commit | c64061c9b306f2db49ba97d066b8487f66a914fa (patch) | |
| tree | d491eae63be37f3e4b49b91d400942d3903df05d /fdisk/cfdisk.8 | |
| parent | mount: remove link to namesys.com (diff) | |
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fdisk: suggest partprobe(8) and kpartx(8) when BLKRRPART failed
Signed-off-by: Vincent Deffontaines <vincent@gryzor.com>
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Co-Author: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'fdisk/cfdisk.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | fdisk/cfdisk.8 | 17 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/fdisk/cfdisk.8 b/fdisk/cfdisk.8 index 3cf8c8944..0eaf5ab3c 100644 --- a/fdisk/cfdisk.8 +++ b/fdisk/cfdisk.8 @@ -349,11 +349,14 @@ Write partition table to disk (must enter an upper case W). Since this might destroy data on the disk, you must either confirm or deny the write by entering `yes' or `no'. If you enter `yes', .B cfdisk -will write the partition table to disk and the tell the kernel to -re-read the partition table from the disk. The re-reading of the -partition table works in most cases, but I have seen it fail. Don't -panic. It will be correct after you reboot the system. In all cases, -I still recommend rebooting the system -- just to be safe. +will write the partition table to disk and the tell the kernel to re-read the +partition table from the disk. The re-reading of the partition table does not +work in some cases, for example for device-mapper devices. In +particular case you need to inform kernel about new +partitions by +.B partprobe(8), +.B kpartx(8) +or reboot the system. .TP .I Up Arrow .TP @@ -419,9 +422,11 @@ command (above) for more information on the print formats. 3: cannot get geometry; 4: bad partition table on disk. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR fdisk (8), +.BR sfdisk (8), .BR mkfs (8), .BR parted (8), -.BR sfdisk (8) +.BR partprobe (8), +.BR kpartx(8) .SH BUGS The current version does not support multiple disks. .SH AUTHOR |