Hello, I wonder why in 2013 I still cannot modify _unused_ partitions on the fly, yeah, the Internet is full of:
# hdparm -z /dev/sda /dev/sda: re-reading partition table BLKRRPART failed: Device or resource busy # fdisk (after adding a new partition using unused space on my hdd) ... Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered. Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. Re-reading the partition table failed.: Device or resource busy SCSI rescan command doesn't work too. I do understand that the Linux kernel doesn't have any form of invoke() but then it prevents me from altering the partitions which are not used - it's 100% counter intuitive. Windows, for instance, allows to modify even a system partition on the fly since 2006, Linux doesn't allow to add partitions without rebooting the system. Could anyone elaborate, please? Best regards, Artem -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/