[clug] partition tables in memory
Kim Holburn
kim.holburn at anu.edu.au
Sat Apr 16 07:55:35 GMT 2005
On 2005 Apr 16, , at 5:25 PM, Brad Hards wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 17:02 pm, Kim Holburn wrote:
>> Just to make this clear,
>>
>> The normal method of making swap is AFAIK :
>> 1) make a partition,
> Some versions of fdisk force a re-read, some don't. Can you upgrade
> fdisk?
maybe, I'll have a look.
> Alternatively, you may be able poke the system using some combination
> of /proc
> entries and ioctl()s. However is uptime really that important?
It's just the principle, I hate rebooting unless I have to and it is an
important server.
>
> Brad
>
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