Can I create partitions post-install and have the system recognize them (re-read the partition table) without rebooting on Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

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Issue

  • Can I create partitions post-install and have the system recognize them (re-read the partition table) without rebooting on Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
  • Not able to create a file system due to fdisk error "The device apparently does not exist; did you specify it correctly?"

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
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