From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 13 04:47:32 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 734CD106564A for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:47:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kaduk@mit.edu) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-8.mit.edu (DMZ-MAILSEC-SCANNER-8.MIT.EDU [18.7.68.37]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28ECE8FC18 for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:47:31 +0000 (UTC) X-AuditID: 12074425-b7bf1ae000000a2a-eb-4e6edca33e67 Received: from mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu ( [18.7.62.39]) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-8.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 59.A9.02602.3ACDE6E4; Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:31:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.103]) by mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id p8D4WTZJ018392 for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:32:29 -0400 Received: from multics.mit.edu (MULTICS.MIT.EDU [18.187.1.73]) (authenticated bits=56) (User authenticated as kaduk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id p8D4WRfs002317 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:32:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from kaduk@localhost) by multics.mit.edu (8.12.9.20060308) id p8D4WRFn018393; Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:32:27 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:32:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (GSO 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFtrHIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixG6nrrv4Tp6fwdq/FhYvv25icWD0mPFp PksAYxSXTUpqTmZZapG+XQJXxrOHnAXnmSsmrHvO1sD4iamLkYNDQsBE4nxrWhcjJ5ApJnHh 3nq2LkYuDiGBfYwSt96fZYVwrjBKnLv9nh3CecIk8bDjECOE08Aocf38JhaQfhYBbYnlr1qY QGw2ARWJmW82soHYIgKKEmfONLKC2MICehK/l/Qxgti8Ag4SZ7d3MIPYogI6Eqv3T2GBiAtK nJz5BMxmFrCU+Lf2F+sERr5ZSFKzkKQWMDKtYpRNya3SzU3MzClOTdYtTk7My0st0rXQy80s 0UtNKd3ECA4mF9UdjBMOKR1iFOBgVOLhrVDN8xNiTSwrrsw9xCjJwaQkynv1NlCILyk/pTIj sTgjvqg0J7X4EKMEB7OSCO8ab6Acb0piZVVqUT5MSpqDRUmc9/UOBz8hgfTEktTs1NSC1CKY rAwHh5IErz8waoQEi1LTUyvSMnNKENJMHJwgw3mAhvuB1PAWFyTmFmemQ+RPMSpKifPGgSQE QBIZpXlwvbBof8UoDvSKMK8PSBUPMFHAdb8CGswENLh+HtjgkkSElFQDo4j057f6sZ67v7/X 3+2z12+ib/X8yOuPN0/edu2NuHWw+ZL81NLNwrcWOGk2TLKZdkgzX+nLnu8qHMuvJM6aYnaB ubDqUeWJrVPD+BLYX3/M0Pp58+6Xv0UnNP8+PXlOevnF/APPxcVs7wYfTsvTDfhZPPHd9Ll6 WSlJeyrtp62c9Nh5w/l+q8lKLMUZiYZazEXFiQCEjYEU0QIAAA== Subject: how to make devfs show fdisk updates? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:47:32 -0000 Dear all, I have recently been using fdisk(8) to activate additional partitions, but have been unable to cause the device nodes corresponding to the new partition to appear in /dev other than by rebooting. (This is on the device which contains the root filesystem, so kern.geom.debugflags=16 is necessary to perform the fdisk.) Please advise on how to effect the creation of the device node(s) in a non-disruptive fashion. Thanks, Ben Kaduk