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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:34:00 -0500 From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@...il.com> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Possibly silly Q? Greetings; Do we have a utility that can force the kernel to re-read, and re-initialize itself to a given drives partition tables without having to reboot if one is working with a drive that is not part of the required kernel directory tree? The reason I ask, is that I've just spent about 20 hours fighting with amanda after repartitioning a drive for use by amanda as virtual tapes, making /dev/sdc1 into a primary partition of nearly 400GB. /dev/sdc1 started out as a /boot2 labeled partition of 200mb, and because the kernels data was stale, amanda upchucked all over itself when the kernel thought the original 200Mb had been filled when it had been umounted from /mnt/bootf8 repartitioned, mke2fs'd, a journal added and a new label written and then mounted to /amandatapes. Something it seems to me, should have forced the re-init, but didn't. So is there a tool that can force that? Thanks -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Your mode of life will be changed for the better because of new developments. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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