On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> [Yes, a shock, but very easy for people to add
> blockdev --rereadpt /dev/foo
> (or a partx call) in some bootscripts.]
fdisk -r DEV -> read device's partition table
> The faraway goal is: no partition table reading in the kernel.
Why not the faraway goal: no partition tables any more? They're annoying.
Thunder
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