Messages in this thread |  | | | From | (H.J. Lu) | | Subject | Re: Strings floppy problem under Linux 2.1.131. | | Date | Tue, 8 Dec 1998 07:26:03 -0800 (PST) |
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> > Hi, > > On Mon, 07 Dec 1998 09:25:47 -0500, Michael K Vance <mkv102@psu.edu> > said: > > >> "Device is busy" when I was unmounting /dev/fd0. I have verified that > >> there were no processes running at the time. I even changed to the > >> single use mode. I still got "Device is busy" when I was unmounting > > > I'm getting consistent "can't unmount '/': device busy" messages > > when I try to reboot: 'shutdown -r 0' (for kernel upgrades, of > > course!), since 2.1.130. > > This is a FAQ. New kernels are (correctly) stricter about unmounting > (or rather, remounting read-only) existing filesystems. Specifically, > you can't remount a fs readonly if there are any deleted files still > held open by any processes (because in that case, closing the file > results in an implicit delete of the data, which is illegal if the fs > is readonly). >
I don't think it is my case. I have problem with umounting /dev/fd0. I will send in a testcase as soon as I find time.
-- H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)
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