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SubjectRe: Rereading disk geometry without reboot
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On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 14:23 -0600, Andy wrote:
> I am using linux kernel 2.6.9 on a san. I have file systems on
> non-partitioned disks. I can resize the disk on the SAN, reboot and grow
> the XFS file system those disks. What I would like to avoid rebooting or
> even unmounting the filesystem if possible.
>
> Is there any way to get the kernel to re-read the disk geometry and change
> the information it holds without rebooting or reloading the module (which is
> as bad as a reboot in my case)?

You can re-scan a scsi device via sysfs. You can, for example,

echo 1 > /sys/block/sdc/device/rescan

to rescan that device.

Mark.


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> Thanks,
>
> Andy
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