Can't unmount my drives?!?!
Hi for some reason that I cannot figure out, I cannot unmount devices as an ordinary user - or even as root any more. I can mount them no problem, but I just cannot unmount them. If I try I get an error message saying:
Code:
sudo umount /dev/hda1 Here is myfstab file. Code:
/dev/hda3 / reiser4 defaults 0 1 It was working fine a few days ago. I have probably installed some updates since then, but beyond this I haven't changed my fstab at all. GJ |
try umount /mnt/hda1 -l (lowercase letter "L")
Code:
-l Lazy unmount. Detach the filesystem from the filesystem hierarchy |
/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1
sudo umount /mnt/hda1 Try unmounting the mounting point and not the device. let us know if that works. Also try to su to root then umount. sudo won't do somethings. |
Also make sure that no processes or apps are currently using the drive.
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I am running Red Hat 9, in a lab environment in school, and I've encountered this problem trying to umount the floppy at times, as well as a usb device.
For the usb, I checked the processes and killed them -9 baby, and it worked like a charm then. However, that didn't work for my floppy. But I read this and got the Lazy Umount command, and it worked fine. Just FYI, I'd thought I'd let you guys know that it worked for my problem, and thanks. |
wow, that's really bringing a thread back from the dead. :p but glad to know it worked for you. i'll also take this opportunity to change a small typo in my original post. :D
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