From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263760AbTEERJl (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2003 13:09:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263741AbTEERJR (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2003 13:09:17 -0400 Received: from wohnheim.fh-wedel.de ([195.37.86.122]:29338 "EHLO wohnheim.fh-wedel.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263753AbTEERGJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2003 13:06:09 -0400 Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 19:18:33 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Engel To: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger Cc: Ezra Nugroho , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: partitions in meta devices Message-ID: <20030505171833.GA26246@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> References: <1052153060.29588.196.camel@ezran.goshen.edu> <3EB693B1.9020505@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <3EB693B1.9020505@gmx.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 5 May 2003 18:39:13 +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > Ezra Nugroho wrote: >> [partitioning problems] > > Please reboot after partitioning. This has always been bothering me. Why? As long as no mounted partitions have been changed, I fail to see any need for a reboot, except maybe lazy programming. s/mounted/used/ for correctness fanatics. Jörn -- Rules of Optimization: Rule 1: Don't do it. Rule 2 (for experts only): Don't do it yet. -- M.A. Jackson