[101877] in RedHat Linux List
RE: fdisk/partition hassles
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Frank N. Stein)
Mon Nov 30 06:36:27 1998
In-Reply-To: <199811300337.MAA19405@pop3.tky.3web.ne.jp>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 04:38:17 -0600 (CST)
From: "Frank N. Stein" <kcsmart@microlink.net>
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On 30-Nov-98 Lance Cummings complained about fdisk/partition hassles:
> Savvy Listonians,
>
> I have a 9.1 gb SCIS I'm using as drive 3. The drive has 1106
> cylinders.
> There is an extended to cylinder 997. I'd like to park Linux swap
> and
> /usr/local at the end of this drive as primaries. But using Linux
> fdisk, I
> am unable to properly create a Linux swap partition out there. What
> happens is that everything is okay up to actually writing the
> partition
> table, at which time I get:
>
> Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. Device busy for
> revalidation
> (usage=2)
> Syncing disks
> Re-read table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy. Reboot
> system to ensure partition table is updated.
>
> Okay. But after the reboot, the partition is changed from type Linux
> swap to type 'unknown.' While I get the same error message creating
> a
> Linux native partition, the partition appears to be valid after a
> reboot.
> Only swap is changed.
Make sure it's listed in fstab and is shown as swap, then try mkswap on
it to see if it works.
As for the error, I get one repeatedly (at boot) on a Seagate I have
and I've been getting it since it was installed. If it only happens
when you try making the swap with fdisk, and then afterward on at boot,
I wouldn't be too worried about it. I'm beginning to think it's related
to timing at boot and doesn't harm anything otherwise.
But, if you get it repeatedly afterward, be concerned about the drive
going out, even if it's new.
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Excuse my english; I went to US public school.
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