http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=626326 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=626326#c0 Summary: "partprobe /dev/disk" fails when any partitions on /dev/disk are mounted Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.3 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.3 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: mk@cc-computer.de QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11) Gecko/20100701 Firefox/3.5.11 In previous openSUSE versions, partprobe could be used to inform the kernel of partitioning changes even if some partitions on the drive were mounted, as long as these mounted partitions were not affected (resized, renumbered...). For example, adding new partitions at the end of the disk worked just fine. Now, if ANY partition is mounted (or otherwise "in use", like as a part of a RAID array), partprobe simply fails with this message:
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.
The kernel partitioning table (/proc/partitions) doesn't reflect any changes. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. # mount | grep /dev/sd /dev/sda7 on / type ext4 (rw,acl,user_xattr) 2. # partprobe /dev/sda Warning: WARNING: the kernel failed (...) 3. partprobe /dev/sdb (no error) The problem happens regardless of any actual changes of the partitioning. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.