-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 19/02/15 05:14 PM, o1bigtenor wrote:
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca <mailto:lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>> wrote:
On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 05:04:16PM -0600, o1bigtenor wrote:
Now I used gdisk to set things up so likely that is where I will need to start - - - hmmmmmmmmmmm.
Has anyone done anything like this in the somewhat recent past?
(Wondering if when disk is partitioned that mdadm will happily absorb that disk into the array. Likely will need another reboot too!)
There should be zero reboots required for this.
Most partition tools do a partition table reread automatically when you exit, or you can use 'hdparm -z /dev/sdX' to do it. If /proc/partitions shows the new sizes, you are good to go.
Is there a way to partition the drive in a running system?
The only way that I know of is to reboot onto a rescue disk and use gparted there to partition the drive.
I have not been able to find anything using duckduck nor ms google.
A complete back is just finishing as I write this.
Thanking those that have contributed to the conversation for their assistance!!
Dee
You can use parted on running systems just fine. On older systems, the drive with the OS will not update the partition table until you reboot, but repartitioning other drives should be updated fine. Parted will warn you if a reboot is needed. On newer systems, even the drive under the running OS can be updated without a reboot. - -- Digimer Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without access to education? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJU5mwUAAoJECChztQA3mh0T34P/RQ8PWnOXxeqKMhBkwLCN+A+ 1BkwLiJs6rRF/dbpCOtJh48SL+RzFQ4IhFmM7JsILSe6ueKxyHUXHohgAF6nl5TI K4XBorvz5QKO2d3Qc88o6X0Dreaxt9JLMCIe/fZH/jsYzMzZZp0jBYzAhevdSiWG W33BD25262iy/8TKnlhYa8Xx9xNkicdrHHqitbXPpj1Y4kXgcYIyCMXSioxaeBmu 4+DZp0ZWRn94yYay1dUlHObd7DjHCWr7CxQTlHxRB/UDHPf3Fat1SSiN6bFN7ows e0bOrzGFEFLSsJM6sVMt22zHWAo+zHgD41OlmoMXHc84QKq48kx9uVQHlflF846a KLTZLKRKODsAjBDpk+4+7NJf2jvvuG4XjxJE6LMS4cxkVOJ69nvz7yANrMQ1PvuA 3iIJjOcR4ZSrTS7upY+/Mowb23yK5hD6DBvLhSoTGkGJGWN1zWgR/RVh83+1ZGL9 jDJaY46WrWdc1mVGCI9e8AZU+dROzF19QuYcMCfye3Flo3UMAA8I0F/hQJYy2okt MgnYZjwKhFDniAzF0iGktUweuYYR031/7lYOv6M8aeL+FXeeb+Ed/XESi2TBiwlh m/rCk2ErRwLaJAV8hAFAVEBn1pQssN/Epn5HlkvxWooZGMxPIId2t/1BU81bmNTQ 13qxo0y8zubvwcKBB5sp =ypgx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----