Just use sudo umount -f
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 12:46 AM, Neil Laubenthal <[email protected]>wrote: > There is a utility named What's Keeping Me that will tell you why you > can't empty the trash and (I think)why a disk it won't eject. > > neil > > The three kinds of stress…nuclear, cooking and a&&hole. Jello is the key > to the relationship. > > On 2013-02-15, at 22:29, Ashley Aitken <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Tim, > > > > Thanks for your post. > > > > On 16/02/2013, at 4:08 AM, Tim Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Use the following to disable mds aka Spotlight. 'off' for disable 'on' > to enable. > >> > >> sudo mdutil -a -i off[on] > >> > >> If you still have problems ejecting then some other process is > accessing that Volume. > > > > Thank you, good suggestion. As I mentioned, I had put the volume(s) in > the privacy panel of Spotlight, so I was hoping that would discourage > mds/Spotlight but this will test for sure. > > > >> BTW, If you have a Terminal open and cd to that volume, it will block > eject. > > > > Yes, I've fallen for that one in the past. Interestingly I also don't > have any Finder windows open there either but Finder still shows up as > accessing the Volume. > > > > I've tried restarting Finder. I also use Total Finder but I quit that > for the tests too. > > > > Thanks again. > > > > Cheers, > > Ashley. > > > > -- > > Ashley Aitken > > Perth, Western Australia (GMT + 8hrs!) > > Social (Facebook, Twitter, Skype etc.): MrHatken > > Professional (LinkedIn, Twitter, Skype etc.): AshleyAitken > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MacOSX-admin mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-admin mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin > -- Best Regards, John Musbach _______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
