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- From: pete@q106fm.UUCP (pete cervasio)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: shutdown problem
- Message-ID: <sa7JoB3w164w@q106fm.UUCP>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 01:52:51 CDT
- References: <712076211.F00054@remote.halcyon.com>
- Organization: WKBQ-FM Engineering Department
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- Jim.Corbett@f35.n152.z1.fidonet.org (Jim Corbett) writes:
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- > >>and it gave me messages "cannot umount /dev//dev/hda3" and "cannot
- > >>umount /dev//dev/hda2" or something to that effect. These are indeed
-
- > > Looks like you're _not_ using mount/umount from the 0.96 root
- > > disk. With those tools and a proper /etc/fstab it will work.
-
- > Well I have been waiting for someone to ask that question or for it to
- > show up in a FAQ, but it does that with RAWWRITEN copies of unaltered
- > 0.96c boot and root on floppys on my system.
-
- I've found that umount will not unmount a busy drive... '/' is ALWAYS
- mounted because you can't get any higher in the directory tree. The big
- red switch is what umounts that one. If you 'cd /' before shutdown, it
- should get rid of the other message, though.
-
- Pete C.
-
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- | Pete Cervasio | pete%q106fm.uucp@wupost.wustl.edu |
- | I fish, therefore I am. | pete.cervasio@f1.n2250.z1.fidonet.org |
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