> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dhaneshk k > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 7:15 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Manolis Kiagias > Subject: Adding a second disk to increase the space for /var > on first dislk : but umount /var failed > > I am able to umount /mnt but not /var > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# umount /var/ > umount: unmount of /var failed: Device busy > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# umount /mnt/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# umount /var/ > umount: unmount of /var failed: Device busy > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/ad7s1a 496M 329M 127M 72% / > devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev > /dev/ad7s1e 496M 5.4M 451M 1% /tmp > /dev/ad7s1f 44G 38G 2.9G 93% /usr > /dev/ad7s1d 1.4G 221M 1.1G 16% /var > devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /var/named/dev > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# umount /dev/ad7s1 > ad7s1 ad7s1a ad7s1b ad7s1c ad7s1d ad7s1e ad7s1f > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# umount /dev/ad7s1d > umount: unmount of /var failed: Device busy > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# umouny /var/ > bash: umouny: command not found > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# umouny /var > bash: umouny: command not found > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# umount /var > umount: unmount of /var failed: Device busy > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# pwd > /root > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# umount /var > umount: unmount of /var failed: Device busy > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# > > > > getting an error Error > org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.PermissionDeniedByPolicy. > > Details hal-storage-fixed -mount refused uid 0 How > to fix this and umount /var > > > Any hints most welcome :
Did you switch to single user-mode (shutdown now) before trying to umount /var? If you did, there may be some other process still using files/dirs in "/var". If you have lsof installed (/usr/ports/sysutils/lsof), you can identify (as root) which process still using stuff in /var: santafe# lsof +D /var/ COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME dhclient 321 _dhcp cwd VDIR 0,100 512 14578696 /var/empty dhclient 321 _dhcp rtd VDIR 0,100 512 14578696 /var/empty dhclient 321 _dhcp jld VDIR 0,100 512 14578696 /var/empty dhclient 321 _dhcp 6w VREG 0,100 1007 14582324 /var/db/dhclient.leases.msk0 devd 537 root 4u unix 0xc6a78188 0t0 /var/run/devd.pipe devd 537 root 5w VREG 0,100 3 14580313 /var/run/devd.pid syslogd 603 root 3w VREG 0,100 3 14580315 /var/run/syslog.pid syslogd 603 root 4u unix 0xc6a84310 0t0 /var/run/log syslogd 603 root 5u unix 0xc6a84188 0t0 /var/run/logpriv ... Stop the processes (dhclient, devd, syslogd, etc.) that still use /var and then try to umount it again. Hope this helps - Tobias _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"