how to make devfs show fdisk updates?

[Polytropon]

On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:32:27 -0400 (EDT), Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
> 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.

I think it's still "common practice" to "taste"
the device file in order to make new partitions
show up:

	# true > /dev/da0

In this example, I assume that da0 is the _disk_
in question where you've added partitions. Now
the proper device files (e. g. /dev/da0a, /dev/da0d,
/dev/da0e, /dev/da0f... resp. /dev/da0s1a, /dev/da0s1d,
/dev/da0s1e, /dev/da0s1f...) should appear in
the device file system.


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