-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2010-06-11 15:17, Dave Howorth wrote:
The machine is doing more important things with most of its resources and that will take a week or so, so a reboot is not an option for now.
That's unfortunate.
A quick google turned up partprobe but when I run it :(
# partprobe /dev/sdf Error: Error informing the kernel about modifications to partition /dev/sdf3 -- Device or resource busy. This means Linux won't know about any changes you made to /dev/sdf3 until you reboot -- so you shouldn't mount it or use it in any way before rebooting.
The error is older, it is reported in the log you posted previously. What is happening is that the kernel "thinks" it knows the partitioning of that disk, and ignores that it changed later. Tools that attempt to repartition it will all fail.
I don't understand how /dev/sdf3 can be busy. (a) It has never been used. (b) there isn't actually an entry in the file system called /dev/sdf3 (there's just sdf, sdf1 & sdf2) !
Doesn't matter. What it matters is that the table and the kernel idea of the table are different. Why it happened is irrelevant now. In that sense, it is busy. Kind of.
Another option I have is to remove the disk (it's SATA in a hot swap cage).
You should have said that before! Yes, unplug it. Wait a minute or two, then plug it back in, same bay. You can watch the kernel log and see how the kernel recognizes its removal, and later the insertion. I has to work. Another method that might work is telling the kernel to rsync data. Let me see... No, I don't remember the command. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" GM (Elessar)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwSmgUACgkQU92UU+smfQXHtQCghi+uxJNNQe0XQ7Baae4ujXQC cqgAn11oJNe+PDZ7Rcg5GMr+HvO4oCh9 =IrXI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org