Subj : Re: umount: /devel: device is busy
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Dragonfly
Date : Fri Sep 10 2004 02:32 pm


"Dubravko Gorupic" <dubravko.gorupic@_n_spam_wbs-tech.hr> wrote in message
news:chrhtg$u15$1@ls219.htnet.hr...
> Hi.
> Some process has opened file on partition /devel. If I try umount, it
fails
> because of that. I could invoke 'umount -l /devel' and umount it, but file
> is still opened. I know also that 'fuser' can do the job by killing such
> processes, but that's not what I want.

You cannot free partition without killing such processes. Even if you forse
umount they will suspend and you will need to kill them anyway.

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