Messages in this thread |  | | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: 1.99.10: can't umount nfs/CD-ROM | Date | Tue, 4 Jun 1996 09:38:01 +0100 (BST) |
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> no problems. But if I mount a CDROM locally (and export it), then NFS > mount it from another machine on my LAN, access it, and try to umount it, > I may or may not be able to. I get: device busy
Correct. The NFS daemon still has it open for a while. The current nfsd closes any such handles after about 30 seconds or so.
Its because NFS doesnt have clear open/close/read/write semantics client<->server.
Killing and restarting nfsd should also allow you to unmount the disk
Alan
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