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Re: Partition will not unmount



> My woody/ kernel 2.3.pre5 fails to unmount the /usr partition with:
> umount2: Device or resource busy.
> Tried umount -f /usr and get Device Busy error. Computer will shut
> down and run check on the /usr partition on next boot.
> ps shows only bash and tty. Thanks!
> 
did you try "ps aux"? this could show more than just "ps".
you could also try "lsof" to find open files.
what is your working directory while umount? possibly it's a symlinked
subdirectory of /usr ...

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