Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-15 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 02:34:00PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > 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

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-15 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jan 14 2008 15:53, Robert P. J. Day wrote: >> >> fdisk or similar should have issued an ioctl to reread the partition >> table after writing the new one, but you can do it manually with >> 'blockdev --rereadpt '. > >i remember bringing up this very issue quite some time ago and, IIRC, >the

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-15 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jan 14 2008 15:53, Robert P. J. Day wrote: fdisk or similar should have issued an ioctl to reread the partition table after writing the new one, but you can do it manually with 'blockdev --rereadpt device'. i remember bringing up this very issue quite some time ago and, IIRC, the

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-15 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 02:34:00PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: 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?

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jan 14 2008 22:29, Olaf Titz wrote: >> 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 >

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Olaf Titz
> 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 Something I stumbled across just a few days

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker wrote: > Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 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

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker
Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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?

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Sven-Haegar Koch
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > 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

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Anton Altaparmakov
Hi, On 14 Jan 2008, at 19:34, Gene Heskett wrote: 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? Yes,

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jan 14 2008 14:34, Gene Heskett wrote: > >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? fdisk issues an

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Gene Heskett wrote: > 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? i

Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Gene Heskett
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

Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Gene Heskett
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

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Gene Heskett wrote: 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? i would

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Anton Altaparmakov
Hi, On 14 Jan 2008, at 19:34, Gene Heskett wrote: 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? Yes,

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jan 14 2008 14:34, Gene Heskett wrote: 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? fdisk issues an

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker
Gene Heskett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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? […]

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Sven-Haegar Koch
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Gene Heskett wrote: 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

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker wrote: Gene Heskett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Olaf Titz
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 Something I stumbled across just a few days ago:

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jan 14 2008 22:29, Olaf Titz wrote: 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 Something I