There was probably a file locked open on the device. You may be able to lazy unmount but you may loose data. `unmount -l /dev` IIR You can find the locked file with `lsof /dev`
Note: I mostly see this on NFS mounts. On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 7:39 PM logical american <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello: > > Recently one of my commands > > [linux ~]$ sudo umount /dev/sdd2 > > failed to return back to the command prompt, and all subsequent sudo > commands failed similarly. Only by rebooting the system was I able to > get the "sudo umount /dev" command working again. > > I am running 64 bit openSuse v13.2 linux kept to current revision level. > > Any ideas on why umount is not returning to the CLI prompt? > > Randall > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. --Atom Powers-- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
