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Re: mksf problems

To: Bret Hughes <bhughes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: mksf problems
From: Keith Owens <kaos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 14:49:36 +1000
Cc: linux-xfs <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 21 Sep 2001 21:22:25 EST." <3BABF5E1.92F341CA@elevating.com>
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 21:22:25 -0500, 
Bret Hughes <bhughes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Well, that is indeed the case.  Thanks.  I do not recall this happening
>in the past is this an XFS thing?  I'll admit to not doing too much
>partioning but I think I would remember having to reboot in the past.

It is a general kernel problem.  Sometimes the new partition table is
picked up immediately, sometimes it is not.  The 2.5 merge of the page
and buffer cache should remove the disk block aliasing problem and, as
a side effect, fix the partitioning glitch.


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