Greg, On Wednesday 17 January 2007 18:44, Greg Wallace wrote: > ... > > So I guess there was nothing wrong with umount /dev/hda2, it was > simply unmountable, so to speak, for other reasons.
The only file system that can never by unmounted is the root file system. > ... > > > >The "mount" command shows which device is mounted on which mount > > point (a directory). > > Thanks. I'll make note of that. > > ... > > Ok, so there was nothing wrong with what I entered, it's just that > the filesystem was unmountable. Unmountable _AT THE MOMENT!_ There are no file systems (other than the root) that cannot be unmounted. There are rare conditions when file operations hang (identifiable by a 'D' value in the "STAT" column of the "ps -l" output), but truly this is a rare (and, by definition, erroneous) circumstance. > ... > Thanks, > Greg Wallace Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
