Re: Debian and two more OS's
On Tue, Sep 15, 1998 at 07:09:43PM +0100, Adrian Bridgett wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 11:29:24PM +0200, Jan Krupa wrote:
> > Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
> > Syncing disks.
> > Re-read table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy.
> > Reboot your system to ensure the partition table is updated.
>
> Did you reboot before trying mke2fs /dev/hda3??
Every time this has happened to me, the actual changes to the
partition table have not been written. I always make sure I have no
mounted partitions on disks I am running fdisk on; that avoids the problem.
Hamish
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