thanks for the help Matt.

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Matt Graham <[email protected]>wrote:

> From: Michael Havens <[email protected]>
> > didn't remember umount needing the full line... I thought you just needed
> > to tell it the device in /mnt to umount.
>
> machine:~$ mount
> [snip]
> /dev/sda1 on /mnt/kingston type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,umask=000)
> machine:~$ umount kingston
> umount: kingston is not mounted (according to mtab)
> machine:~$ umount /mnt/kingston
> [works]
> machine:/mnt$ umount kingston
> [also works]
>
> When you tell umount to umount something, you need to give the device or
> the
> mountpoint.  If you give it a relative path, that won't work unless you're
> in
> the appropriate dir.  So I've gotten in the habit of giving a full path
> when
> mounting or umounting things.
>
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