On Saturday, April 06, 2013 05:53:33 PM you wrote: > umount -f -l ro > > is the closest you will get. The entry will be removed from the mount > table and the actual unmount will happen when it can (never) but at > least you needn't worry about it.
Thanks, this does seems to solve the ro dir (still to check if it frees the .iso file) u dir is still the same. ls show the following: d????????? ? ? ? ? ? u I tried simulating the issue on another distro with same result (just to be sure that this is not a Knoppix issue). -- Regards. V.Krishn > > On 4/6/13, V.Krishn <vkris...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Did the following to set an aufs. > > > > cd /tmp > > mkdir branch ro u > > mount test.iso ro -o loop > > mount -t aufs -o br:branch:ro none u > > > > Now branch got accidently deleted > > and I am unable to unmount u nor ro > > > > Tried: > > umount -f u > > or > > umount -f ro > > > > Keep getting following error: > > umount2: Stale NFS file handle > > umount: u/: Stale NFS file handle > > > > I am using Knoppix 7.0.1. > > > > Any help would be great. > > > > -- > > Regards. > > V.Krishn > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----- Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. > > Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire > > the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the > > Employer Resources Portal > > http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html