partprobe error

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On 05/09/13 00:07, Pritam Khedekar wrote:
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>     I m getting this Error while making file system in a Partition
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x7a55a2e0
>
>     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1   *           1       10199    81923436    7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda2           10200       60802   406462038    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/sda5           10200       26772   133122591    7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda6           26773       43345   133122591    7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda7           43346       43983     5120000   83  Linux
> /dev/sda8           43983       45258    10240000   83  Linux
> /dev/sda9           45258       45896     5120000   83  Linux
> /dev/sda10          45896       46533     5120000   83  Linux
> /dev/sda11          46533       47171     5120000   83  Linux
> /dev/sda12          47171       47808     5120000   83  Linux
> /dev/sda13          47808       48446     5120000   83  Linux
> /dev/sda14          48446       48968     4194304   82  Linux swap / Solaris
> /dev/sda15          48968       49576     4887476+  83  Linux
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Morbid curiosity: why on *earth* are you partitioning one 500G drive into 
that many partitions? 8 Linux partitions?

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