Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 19:22:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Ken Marsh <durang@u.washington.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with floppy drive Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960720192114.525C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.A32.3.92a.960720020918.46550G-100000@homer24.u.washington.edu>
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On Sat, 20 Jul 1996, Ken Marsh wrote: > I have to use the -f switch whenever I umount a floppy or I get an error > to the effect of, "Device still busy".... Don't forget to cd out of the mount directory. You'll get this if you mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt, cd /mnt, umount /mnt. > Is this normal? Is it potentially harmful to use the -f switch, when the > drive light is clearly off? can I use "sync" or something to do it right? You shouldn't have to use -f. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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