Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 14:37:29 -0600 From: Aaron Parmelee <trout@net66.com> To: robert@namodn.com Cc: "FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: how do i unmount cdrom, floppy, etc Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19981202143729.00a8f4d0@net66.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981202115418.9570A-100000@namodn.com> References: <3.0.5.32.19981202134841.00a8f900@net66.com>
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At 11:56 AM 12/2/98 +0000, freebsd-questions account wrote: >To answer your question, >umount /dev/fd0 >should unmount your floppy .. :) > >Hmm, well, you CAN mount more than one device at a time.. (you do it >everytime you boot! Mounting diff partitions to /, /home, /var, etc) > >What dir are you trying to mount the other devices on? >Try unmounting the floppy. Can these other devices now be mounted? > >-rob >( www.namodn.com ) >( mailto : robert@namodn.com ) > >On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Aaron Parmelee wrote: > >> >> hello out there: >> >> today i tried to mount my cdrom, floppy drive, and zip drive. i >> successfully mounted the floppy, but i couldn't mount anything else after. >> i kept getting "device busy" flag. how do i unmount devices so that i can >> mount other devices? >> >> incidently, the floppy was fd0, msdos filesystem. >> thanks for the reply, rob i was able to mount the cdrom at the same time as the floppy, in a different directory. however, i was unable to unmount either one. after entering the command: umount /dev/fd0 i was rewarded with: mount: /cdrom: Device busy same was true trying to unmount the cdrom with similar command/results also, i am unable to naviagate the mounted filesystem. i can see the directories on the floppy, but i can't get to them. example: command: cd bin <bin dir on floppy> what i get: bin: No such file or dir this is solved by entering the following command in the dev dir: ./MAKEDEV fd0 <or dev for cdrom, zip drive> in order to get to the files on the cdroms, floppies, etc, i have to do this everytime i start freebsd. can this be automated? something in the .profile or .cshrc? -thanks aaron "My motto is: do it my way or watch your butt." -Nathan Arizona To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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