Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265238AbUFHPyu (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jun 2004 11:54:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265237AbUFHPyu (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jun 2004 11:54:50 -0400 Received: from thumper2.emsphone.com ([199.67.51.102]:47843 "EHLO thumper2.allantgroup.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265236AbUFHPyl (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jun 2004 11:54:41 -0400 Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:54:14 -0500 From: Andy To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: NFS and umount -f Message-ID: <20040608155414.GA3975@thumper2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 600 Lines: 23 Why does this NOT do what is should be doing, i.e. umount no matter what? Sometimes I get umount2 : Stale NFS file handle umount : machine/path: Illegal seek and it does not umount it. What part of -f "Force unmount (in case of unreachable NFS system)" (umount man page) does linux not understand? shouldn't umount -f umount no matter what? Andy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/