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Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 18:01:33 -0400
From: Bob Collins <pineypl@bellsouth.net>
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To: Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil
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Subject: Re: Can't unmount my zip drive ???
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Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil wrote:
> 
> That's correct.  I'm completely out of the mounted /zip directory when I
> attempt to umount the drive.
> 
> Mark
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Yong Lim [SMTP:yong@csfi.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 05 July, 2000 1313
> > To:   Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil; newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
> > Subject:      RE: Can't unmount my zip drive ???
> >
> > When you try to umount, don't have root or anyone else stay in the /zip
> > directory.  Device busy usually mean someone is in the /zip directory.
> >
> > Yong
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
> > [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of
> > Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 2:05 PM
> > To: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
> > Subject: Can't unmount my zip drive ???
> >
> >
> > I have an internal IDE 100MB Zip drive.  I've updated /etc/fstab correctly
> > because the drive mounts to /zip without a problem.  The problem is the
> > umount command fails.  I get the error: device busy.  I can also eject the
> > disks anytime I want even when the drive is mounted.  Any suggestions?

Sounds strange. Are you mounting the drive with a filesystem such as :
mount -t msdos /dev/wfd0s4 /zip  or  mount_msdos /dev/wfd0s4 /zip

I know on my system, once the zip is mounted it will NOT eject unless
it is unmounted. Who is mounting the disk, root or su?

Bob


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