On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 00:54, Mark Sargent wrote:
> >
> >I thought you were finished. You can't umount a filesystem while
> >your shell's current directory is in it. So, the first 'exit'
> >will take you out of the chroot area. If you want to do some
> >more stuff in rescue mode you can do it at that point, but
> >you'll be working with the tools/path on the CD and the
> >image under /mnt/sysinstall again instead of the more or
> >less normal environment you saw with the chroot shell.
> >You don't have to do the 2nd 'exit' until you are done, and
> >then you'll want to take the CD out as the system restarts.
> >
> >
>
> Hi All,
>
> ok, are we misunderstanding each other.? I had not run "chroot
> /mnt/sysimage", so I am already in that first stage of the rescue
> process. Still, I get that umount error message. I didn't see
> /mnt/sysinstall, only /mnt/sysimage. Cheers.?
Yes, it is sysimage. Any file open on the mounted file
system will keep the umount from working. Also, any
other filesystems mounted within it must be unmounted
first. Does 'mount' show any others - like a separate
mount for /mnt/sysimage/boot? If so, unmount them
before the one at /mnt/sysimage.
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Les Mikesell
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