On 28/01/2008, Ian Malone <ibmalone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dotan Cohen wrote: > > > Note also that I cannot unmount the device once mounted as above: > > $ sudo umount -a > > umount: /home: device is busy > > umount: /dev: device is busy > > umount: /proc/bus/usb: device is busy > > umount: /var/run: device is busy > > umount: /sys: device is busy > > umount: /: device is busy > > > > As Tod Merley points out, you're trying to unmount everything > here. You can either do 'umount <devicename>' or 'umount > <mountpoint>' to unmount the specific fs you want. The problem > you're seeing may be because something (I assume it's Gnome) > keeps hold mounted filesystems it notices to put on the desktop. > As they're not in fstab it wont let you unomunt them by right > clicking either. The work-around is to use the lazy unmount > option, -l. Definitely don't do -la, as it problem can unmount / > for you. Thanks, I realized my mistake in that regard. The best way to learn is to break something :) Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
