From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 3 21:01:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA19513 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 21:01:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hwembaz0001.honeywell.com (hwembaz0001.cas.honeywell.com [129.239.10.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA19508 for ; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 21:01:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Emmanuel.Gravel@CAS.honeywell.com) Received: by hwembaz0001.Honeywell.COM with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id ; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 22:00:59 -0700 Message-ID: <417E587B9C99D111A1010000F803B7CE4DDA04@az77-revere.bcasd.az.honeywell.com> From: "Gravel, Emmanuel (AZ77)" To: "'Aaron Parmelee'" , robert@namodn.com Cc: "FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: RE: how do i unmount cdrom, floppy, etc Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 22:00:58 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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 This may sound stupid, but was there something still within the mounted drive (i.e. a terminal who's PWD was the mounted device, a text editor reading a file from within the device, or anything like that)? That's usually what could cause a device to still be busy... Manu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message