Notify the operating system kernel of partition table changes - partprobe

Notify the operating system kernel of partition table changes. More information: partprobe - manned.org.

  • Notify the operating system kernel of partition table changes:

sudo partprobe

  • Notify the kernel of partition table changes and show a summary of devices and their partitions:

sudo partprobe --summary

  • Show a summary of devices and their partitions but don’t notify the kernel:

sudo partprobe --summary --dry-run