Curtis Gedak wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> ... I just tried to add a couple partitions (in free space), >> and each time, I got this: >> >> $ sudo ./parted -s $dev u B mkpart F13-root $s2 $e2 >> Warning: WARNING: the kernel failed to re-read the partition table on >> /dev/sda (Device or resource busy). As a result, it may not reflect all >> of your changes until after reboot. >> >> I thought the intent was to avoid such warnings when they do not apply. >> The kernel was indeed notified of the creation of the two new >> partitions, and I was able to create file systems on them. >> > > Do you have an active LVM on a partition on the drive?
Thanks, but no. > If so then that might be the reason why the warning is encounted. > Having an active LVM on a partition is similar to having a mounted > partition in that the partition is busy. I think that parted fails to > detect active LVM partitions as being busy. > > This problem was first brought to my attention by a GParted user. > GParted fails to edit/delete partitions if active LVM on same disk device > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=608712 > > Regards, > Curtis Gedak _______________________________________________ bug-parted mailing list bug-parted@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-parted