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Re: Re-read partition table without reboot?



On Thu 17 Nov 2005 12:54, Realos wrote:

> I think it must be possible. At least we see during the debian
> installation no need of reboot after chaning parition table. What magic
> is used there?

I think that's because when you install the system, the hard drive is not 
actually in use.

Same thing with secondary disks: you can freely add and delete partitions on 
another disk that's not in use without rebooting...


Ray



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