Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Dec 1998 15:12:49 +0100 | From | Dominik Kubla <> | Subject | Re: forceful unmount |
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On Mon, Dec 21, 1998 at 08:04:20PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > Why does LInux not support forceful unmount of file systems? Other > > Operating systems > > do support this feature; whenever they forcefully unmount a fs, they bother to > > man fuser , and for NFS we support umount -f for those cases where the NFS > server chokes, explodes or otherwises renders itself non-optimal >
Sorry to apear somewhat nit-picking: but that seems not to be the case. I have a kernel who claims to support this, i have a mount which claims to support this compiled against said kernel. When i try "umount -f" on a NFS volume i simply get the message that it is not supported.
Dominik Kubla -- The text above represents my personal opinion and does not represent the official position of my employer on the issue(s) discussed. Any official statement by me on behalf of my employer will be marked as such.
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