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...if you still get the "busy" message I'd use 'lsof +D/whatever/mountpoint' or '/sbin/fuser -v /whatever/mountpoint' instead to find out which process keeps files open on the file system.
If your present working directory is within your mount point you are using that resource. try 'cd /', then unmount.
btw have noticed recently from typing errors that umount /dev/sdb is sometimes sufficient to remove /dev/sdb1.
In this case there is only one partition so I'm not sure if it's unmounting everything or just defaulting to the only option. I never noticed it til about a year ago. is this new?
I have noticed under KDE that if nepomuk, etc. service are running, or if KDE services are running under Xfce, for example, it can take 5-10 minutes before you can umount.
I really hate auto-mounting of ancillary drives. It's not a whole lot of work to do it yourself and it's so much nicer to have complete control over what is being used and what isn't.
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