Restoring MBR :partitions are detected only after the reboot after MBR restoration?
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Restoring MBR :partitions are detected only after the reboot after MBR restoration?
Hi here is my problem,
I have deleted a hard disk from my RAID card and when I booted the linux & executed fdisk command it gave error saying that it has an invalid partition table entry. I had the backup MBR of that hard disk so I deployed it.But the actual partitions in that disk are not detected until I reboot the system. To be more precise the /dev/ file for that perticular partition.
But I have not faced this problem in any other situation when I restore MBR the system would have created the /dev/ files corresponding to that MBR.
Any reasons for this & any solutions?
Thanks in advance.
ok,
The system had Identical drives, 3 drives of 36.4 GB.
But this problem doesn't exist when I restore the MBR containing 4 partitions to a hard disk containing 2 partitions. During this process it created the extra 2 partitions without any reboot.so the MBr restoration showed it's response without rebooting & I have tried to capture the MBR of the restored hard disk without rebooting & I got the MBR that I have restored.so the MBR must have been written before the reboot.So any other reason or solutions?
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