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SubjectRe: fdisk problems with 2.2.x ?
On Mon, May 03, 1999 at 09:40:25AM +0000, Matija Nalis allegedly wrote:

> I'm running 2.2.7, but this has been there for few older versions also.
> I can't write partition table to disk.
>
> when I try to remove partition /dev/hda12 (which is not mounted or used in
> any way) (like, 'd', '12', 'w') I get next message:
>
> Command (m for help): w
> The partition table has been altered!
>
> Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
> Syncing disks.
> Re-read table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy.
> Reboot your system to ensure the partition table is updated.

I also get that when I change the partitiontable of the disk I booted from
usually (hda). I wouldn't worry too much about it and just reboot before
messing with the partitiontable (or the new partitions for that matter)
again.

A few days ago I saw something about an older version of fdisk not correctly
removing the last logical partition, so you might want to upgrade fdisk.

Mathijs

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