On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Tim Moore wrote:
> Xiong Zhao wrote:
> >
> > hello,all.after i create a new logical partition using fdisk or cfdisk
> > and exit with "w",there always comes report saying that re-read table
> > failed with error 16:device or resource busy.next time i attempt to mount
>
> The partition table was changed while the disk was still mounted.
>
> Either make changes on an umounted disk or reboot immediately after fdisk
> exits.
i've always wondered about this -- is it strictly necessary to reboot
after, say, adding another partition to the main drive? and why is
this? i assume the kernel is caching the partition info somewhere,
and can't be forced to reload it on the fly for an active disk.
can someone clarify this?
rday
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