Re: only 'umount -l' works with one of my usb sticks
On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 08:33:15PM -0400, H. S. wrote:
>Apparently, _Monique Y. Mudama_, on 26/04/05 14:58,typed:
>>On 2005-04-23, H. S. penned:
>>
>>>I just noticed that the problem has ocurred again. I transfered a
>>>123MB file from hard disk to the USB stick and after the file
>>>transfer was complete the USB stick refused to unmount citing that
>>>it was still busy.
>>>
>>
>>
>>I hate to ask, but did you have a terminal open to a directory on the
>>USB drive when you tried to umount the drive?
>>
>
>No I did not. When I first got the "device busy" or "you are root"
>message, that was the first thing I checked. It is the first thing I
>always check when umounting gives me any problems.
>
What about running lsof and looking for what is open on your USB stick?
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