Re: Bug with SLES11 SP2 on HP G6 server.

[Jim Meyering]

clive.rothery wrote:
> When running partprobe on SLES , the following error occurs.
> As the subject says SLES 11 SP2,  with a G6 server.  The disks are on a cciss
> controller.
>
> Firmware version
>
> Current Firmware:  2.05   12/16/2010
>
> This is the message reported after running a fdsik then partprobe
>
> WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or 
> resource
> busy.
> The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at
> the next reboot or after you run partprobe(8) or kpartx(8)
> Syncing disks.
>
> # partprobe
> A bug has been detected in GNU Parted.  Refer to the web site of parted 
> http://
> www.gnu.org/software/parted/parted.html for more information of what could be
> useful for bug submitting!  Please email a bug report to address@hidden
> containing at least the version (2.3) and the following message:  Unable to
> determine the size and length of /dev/cciss/c0d0_part1.

Thanks for the report.
That looks like a problem that has been fixed in newer releases.
Can you try using a newer version?  The latest is 3.1.