Hi Eric. Yes, I realize that would do it, although this is exactly what I'm trying to avoid -- logging out -- because it takes so much time, and there must be a better way. I make sure I've closed all shells, when I encounter this problem. I even do a "ps x" to check for remaining programs.
Thanks for the suggestion. Obet On Tuesday 06 March 2007 1:36 pm, eric pareja wrote: > A little heavy handedness might be in order, and this solution is > overkill, but you might want to log out then log in again before > attempting to umount the drive. You may have a shell that has a > current working directory on the drive you are trying to umount. > Logging out will more often than not clear out programs that might be > accessing the drive (not just the ones that you think are accessing > it). This -should- help you umount the drive properly now. > > On 3/6/07, Roberto Verzola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is a recurring problem for me. Sometimes, a usb drive refuses to be > > unmounted. I would close all files on the drive and other programs I know > > are accessing the drive, and I'd still get a "drive busy" message if I > > unmount it, even if I type "sync" several times on the command line. So I > > end up pulling out a USB stick that was not properly unmounted. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
