Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:59:46 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to make devfs show fdisk updates? Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK2Sxox%2Bqt6F7_nF68WQu08QB_8pxQ2=biznMXWbU1iaqQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1109130030130.1411@multics.mit.edu> References: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1109130030130.1411@multics.mit.edu>
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On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> wrote: > Dear all, > > I have recently been using fdisk(8) to activate additional partitions, but > have been unable to cause the device nodes corresponding to the new > partition to appear in /dev other than by rebooting. (This is on the device > which contains the root filesystem, so kern.geom.debugflags=16 is necessary > to perform the fdisk.) > Please advise on how to effect the creation of the device node(s) in a > non-disruptive fashion. > You can force a GEOM retaste by issuing a "true > /dev/devname". -- Adam Vande More
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