Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264370AbUDSLjV (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 07:39:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264372AbUDSLjV (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 07:39:21 -0400 Received: from users.linvision.com ([62.58.92.114]:57565 "HELO bitwizard.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S264370AbUDSLjD (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 07:39:03 -0400 Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 13:39:01 +0200 From: Erik Mouw To: Remi Colinet Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Questions : disk partition re-reading Message-ID: <20040419113901.GC19397@harddisk-recovery.com> References: <4082819E.10106@free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4082819E.10106@free.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Organization: Harddisk-recovery.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 922 Lines: 25 On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 03:24:46PM +0200, Remi Colinet wrote: > I have 2 questions about disk partitioning under linux 2.6.x : > > 1/ Is it possible to alter a disk partition of a used disk and beeing > able to use the modified partition without having to reboot the box? "blockdev --rereadpt /dev/whatever" does the trick on 2.4.x. Didn't try it on 2.6 yet, but I don't think it changed. > 2/ Is it possible to delete a disk partition without having the > partition numbers changed? Yes (assuming MS-DOS style partition tables). Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/