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Linux Creating a Partition Size Larger Than 2TB

by on November 6, 2007 · 61 comments

Explains how to create filesystems greater than 2 Terabytes under any Linux distribution. How can I create filesystems greater than 2 Terabytes?

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Linux: How to backup hard disk partition table (MBR)

by on July 10, 2006 · 12 comments

If you don’t want to take any chances with your data, it is recommended that you backup hard disk partition table. Last Friday I was discussing some issues with one of our customer and he pointed out me dd command. Backup MBR with dd command dd the old good command which now backup partition tables [...]

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Re-read The Partition Table Without Rebooting Linux System

by on May 8, 2006 · 28 comments

If you are using hot swappable hard disk and created new partition using fdisk then you need to reboot Linux based system to get partition recognized. Without reboot you will NOT able to create filesystem on your newly created or modified partitions with the mke2fs command.

However with partprobe command you should able to create a new file system without rebooting the box. It is a program that informs the operating system kernel of partition table changes, by requesting that the operating system re-read the partition table.

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