On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 11:13:17AM -0500, Rex Dieter wrote: > Chris Allen wrote: > > > The script below locks the machine solid about 40% of the time that I > > run it. > ... > > Ideas anyone?? > > > > > > #!/bin/bash > > for i in b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q > > do > > parted -s /dev/sd$i rm 1 > + sync; sleep 2; > > parted -s /dev/sd$i mkpart primary ext2 0 250GB > + sync; sleep 2; > > done > Thanks, but can you explain why that works, and why sleep 2 rather than 1 or 3?
