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LFS is a project that provides you with the steps necessary to build your own custom Linux system.

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Old 11-05-2008, 06:20 PM   #1
Lolandrea
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Exclamation Can't umount /mnt/lfs... =S


im trying to run my new distro (at least =D), but when i try to umount $LFS (/mnt/lfs) it says "umount: /mnt/lfs: device is busy" can anyone help me with this... i really don't know wz going on.. =S
 
Old 11-05-2008, 07:24 PM   #2
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Are there any processes using /mnt/lfs?

Try fuser -cu /mnt/lfs to see if any PIDs show up.
 
Old 11-07-2008, 04:17 PM   #3
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im trying to run my new distro (at least =D), but when i try to umount $LFS (/mnt/lfs) it says "umount: /mnt/lfs: device is busy" can anyone help me with this... i really don't know wz going on.. =S
I hope you aren't trying to unmount $LFS while in $LFS , you can't be in a directory or subdirectoy you are trying to unmount.
 
  


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