"partprobe" can be useful in order to reread partition table. In fact it is always good to use thic command after partitioning. example: sudo partprobe /dev/sda D. > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:08:15AM -0700, Kushal Koolwal wrote: > > > Does anybody else know if > > there is a way to reread the partion table an a running system? >