incorporate partprobe in a shell script

naren.baktha · 08-30-2012, 06:28 PM

fdisk /dev/sdb << EOF
n
p

EOF
partprobe

mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1

In the above script, after creating the new partiotion, partprobe is not rereading the partiotion table.

getting an error
The device apparently does not exist; did you specify it correctly?

Does anyone know of a approach to add partprobe in a shell script?

MensaWater · 08-31-2012, 03:35 PM

After you create the new partition with "n" I don't see where you're specifying the size (or accepting defaults it offers). You also aren't doing "w" at the end to write your changes before the EOF.

I'd also recommend specifying the same device with partprobe that you did with fdisk to be sure you're acting on the correct one.