Partprobe

partprobe is a program to inform the kernel of partition table changes, by scanning all block devices that are present.

Options

• -d, --dry-run don't update the kernel
• -s, --summary show a summary of devices and their partitions

Provided By

This was written for Debian GNU/Linux, but may be available elsewhere as well

See also

• cfdisk
• cgdisk
• fdisk
• fixparts
• gdisk
• gparted
• mkfs
• ntfsprogs
• parted
• partx
• sfdisk
• sgdisk
• wipefs
• Partition
• GPT Partition
• Partitioning
• Partitioning guidelines

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