Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:59:24 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to make devfs show fdisk updates? Message-ID: <20110913065924.7cb963b2.freebsd@edvax.de> 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 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:32:27 -0400 (EDT), Benjamin Kaduk 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. I think it's still "common practice" to "taste" the device file in order to make new partitions show up: # true > /dev/da0 In this example, I assume that da0 is the _disk_ in question where you've added partitions. Now the proper device files (e. g. /dev/da0a, /dev/da0d, /dev/da0e, /dev/da0f... resp. /dev/da0s1a, /dev/da0s1d, /dev/da0s1e, /dev/da0s1f...) should appear in the device file system. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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