Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 18:01:33 -0400 From: Bob Collins <pineypl@bellsouth.net> To: Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil Cc: newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't unmount my zip drive ??? Message-ID: <3963B03D.D9D5D282@bellsouth.net> References: <856532CB07BED3118FE300204840E28A011075BE@vexwncc02.hurlburt.af.mil>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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