Nitin Bhardwaj:
> Here are the contents of /proc/mounts:
        :::
> /dev/hda1 / ext3 rw,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
        :::
> none /usr aufs 
> rw,si=ba4cb5a9,xino=/.aufs/usr/.aufs.xino,br:/.aufs/usr=rw:/.squashfs/usr=ro
> 0 0

I see.
/.aufs/usr/.aufs.xino is on root ext3.


> If xino files are keeping the rootfs busy, can I try using tmpfs for
> xino files while mounting aufs ( xino=/dev/shm/xino ) ? Is it ok to do
> that ?

Yes you can.
Or you can "mount -o remount,noxino /usr" before "umount -l /usr".
The noxino option closes xino files.


J. R. Okajima

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