From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Apr 29 02:53:18 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id CAA06256 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 29 Apr 1996 02:53:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns.NL.net (ns.NL.net [193.78.240.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA06250 for ; Mon, 29 Apr 1996 02:53:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from spase by ns.NL.net via EUnet id AA07987 (5.65b/CWI-3.3); Mon, 29 Apr 1996 11:47:43 +0200 Received: from phobos.spase.nl (phobos [192.9.200.238]) by mercurius.spase.nl (8.6.11/8.6.11) with ESMTP id LAA06662 for ; Mon, 29 Apr 1996 11:45:53 +0200 From: Kees Jan Koster Received: (dutchman@localhost) by phobos.spase.nl (8.6.12/8.6.11) id LAA12055 for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 29 Apr 1996 11:44:59 +0200 Message-Id: <199604290944.LAA12055@phobos.spase.nl> Subject: umount /nonexistent To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD hackers Mailing list) Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 11:44:59 +0200 (MET DST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hoi Hackers, I had the following problem. My mail directory is mounted from jupiter:/diskc/net/mail on /var/spool/mail. My sysop moved the mail directory /usr/local/mail on jupiter and deleted /diskc/net/mail. Obviously I could not read my mail anymore, so I tried to umount /var/spool/mail. I got `umount: no such file or directory' (or a similar message). Even umount -f would not umount the disk. Editing fstab and rebooting solved the problem quickly, but it leaves me wondering what the `-f' flag of umount is for. Does it work at all? Groetjes, Kees Jan ======================================================================v== Kees Jan Koster e-mail: dutchman@spase.nl Van Somerenstraat 50 tel: NL-24-3234708 6521 BS Nijmegen the Netherlands ========================================================================= Who is this general Failure and why is he reading my disk? (anonymous) =========================================================================