Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 May 1999 09:22:20 +0200 | From | "M.Brands" <> | Subject | Re: fdisk problems with 2.2.x ? |
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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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