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Re: HELP - Device not configured error !



Ira Abramov wrote:
> 
> On 27 Jun 2000, Aharon Schkolnik wrote:
> 
> > Now, I try to run mkswap /dev/sdb5
> >
> > Here's what I get:
> >
> > # mkswap /dev/sdb5
> > /dev/sdb5: Device not configured
> >
> 
> since there are mounted partitions from that drive, the kernel did not
> re-read the partition table. you will need to reboot first.
> 
It seems to me that unmounting the sdb5 partition should
have been enough (he had it mounted).

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