On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 12:13:54AM +0800, Dexter Ang wrote: > hello again people, > > i don't know if these two problems are connected, but they happened at > the exact same moment. > > anyway, first of all, i have a usb memory key thing (no name brand). i > plug it in and mount it without any problems (/dev/sda1). once i try to > umount it, it keeps on saying device is busy. this happens even if i > don't copy any files to it! Hi, Dex. Try doing "lsof f /dev/sda1" in a terminal window to see what is grabbing the device. My bet is on fam. -- Jack Bowling mailto: jbinpg@xxxxxxx