Re: umount question : can i force umount ???

noi ance wrote:
On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:58:21 -0400, sysadmin typed this message:


Hi here is my question :


root@mailserver# umount -f /mnt/forage umount2: Device or resource busy
umount: /mnt/forage: device is busy


how can i umount such a filesystem . It is shared through nfs with a lot
of other directories, but i can't stop my nfs server .


Thanks
Franck


umout /mnt/forage -L for lazy unmount

something is using a file on the mounted device keeping it from unmounting, like maybe you're in a folder on the device when trying to umount. 1
Noi Ance,


Should not this be:

umount -l /mnt/forage


Does not the give problems when you try to mount the filesystem before the umount process has ended? In the background the umount still starts some cleaning tasks that will run as soon as the device becomes available.


Best regards,


Jan Gerrit Kootstra
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