2001-04-04 09:05:56

by Khyron

Subject: loopback mount won't umount on 2.2.12

Okay, I've seen various references to problems with loopback
mounts under (early) 2.2.x kernels. But I don't see any reference
to a solution (ie. how to umount the stupid thing).

My situation is that I have mounted a CD image on a machine
for use in kickstart builds. The mount point is /kickstart/image

When I attempt "umount /kickstart/image" and other variations
on the theme, I get a "umount: /kickstart/image: device is busy".

Is there ANYWAY (w/o rebooting) to unmount this, forcibly or
otherwise? Or is the solution only to reboot?

TIA!

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Khyron mailto:[email protected]
Key fingerprint = 53BB 08CA 6A4B 8AF8 DF9B 7E71 2D20 AD30 6684 E82D
"Drama free in 2001!"
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

2001-04-04 17:29:06

by J Sloan

Subject: Re: loopback mount won't umount on 2.2.12

Khyron wrote:

> Okay, I've seen various references to problems with loopback
> mounts under (early) 2.2.x kernels. But I don't see any reference
> to a solution (ie. how to umount the stupid thing).
>
> My situation is that I have mounted a CD image on a machine
> for use in kickstart builds. The mount point is /kickstart/image
>
> When I attempt "umount /kickstart/image" and other variations
> on the theme, I get a "umount: /kickstart/image: device is busy".

Is it nfs exported?

If so, unexport it first.

cu

Jup