[mdlug] LVM problem

[Robert Meier]

David,

> fdisk ...
> mkswap ...
> ...
> Is there something else I need to do to get the kernel to re-scan that
> partition table? 

Older (2.4.12?) linux kernels had the limitation/bug that the kernel
cached the partition tables multiple times and DID NOT refresh
all the boot disk partition table caches until rebooted.
I understand this was fixed in 2.6 and later 2.4 releases.

Suggesting,
-- 
Bob

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