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SubjectRe: Questions : disk partition re-reading
On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 03:24:46PM +0200, Remi Colinet wrote:
> I have 2 questions about disk partitioning under linux 2.6.x :
>
> 1/ Is it possible to alter a disk partition of a used disk and beeing
> able to use the modified partition without having to reboot the box?

"blockdev --rereadpt /dev/whatever" does the trick on 2.4.x. Didn't try
it on 2.6 yet, but I don't think it changed.

> 2/ Is it possible to delete a disk partition without having the
> partition numbers changed?

Yes (assuming MS-DOS style partition tables).


Erik

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