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Message-ID: <20090108093305.GA10952@kipc2.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 8 Jan 2009 10:33:05 +0100
From:	Karl Kiniger <karl.kiniger@....ge.com>
To:	"linux-os (Dick Johnson)" <linux-os@...logic.com>
Cc:	Linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Inconsistent disk state when creating paritions

On Wed 090107, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
> Attempting to use mkfs immediately after creating
> partitions using sfdisk, (in the same shell-script)
> fails with all kernels I have tried. The partition
> information doesn't get updated for several seconds!

are you using udev?

udev takes some time to create the partition devices

Karl

> 
> In every case, with both ext2 and ext3 file-systems,
> I can create them manually or I can sleep in the
> shell-script. However, I don't think this problem
> should exist.
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