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Date:      Fri, 3 Oct 1997 17:09:31 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        George Vagner <vagner@spdc.ti.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: try this
Message-ID:  <19971003170931.25574@lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971002234810.26112m-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>; from Doug White on Thu, Oct 02, 1997 at 11:48:29PM -0700
References:  <9709280025.AA16823@donald.spdc.ti.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971002234810.26112m-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>

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On Thu, Oct 02, 1997 at 11:48:29PM -0700, Doug White wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Sep 1997, George Vagner wrote:
>
>> run startx and then run xfm go to your /cdrom directory using xfm,
>> now move your mouse to another active xterm and type umount /cdrom
>> all hell breaks loose
>> and i cant do anyhing, i had to reboot by the reset button which scared me.
>
> Yeah, that's what happens when you unmount a filesystem that someone is
> attached to.  Suggestion: don't do it. :-)

That doesn't stop this being a bug.  It shouldn't be possible to
umount a file system which is in use.  I suppose somebody should enter
a pr about this one.

Greg



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