Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265243AbUFHP7b (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jun 2004 11:59:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265237AbUFHP7b (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jun 2004 11:59:31 -0400 Received: from dh132.citi.umich.edu ([141.211.133.132]:59264 "EHLO lade.trondhjem.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265243AbUFHP7V convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jun 2004 11:59:21 -0400 Subject: Re: NFS and umount -f From: Trond Myklebust To: Andy Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20040608155414.GA3975@thumper2> References: <20040608155414.GA3975@thumper2> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Message-Id: <1086710357.3896.11.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 11:59:18 -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 640 Lines: 23 P? ty , 08/06/2004 klokka 11:54, skreiv Andy: > 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? Works for me... - 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/