Re: How do you unmount all your drives
Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
> Sid Arth wrote:
>> Hi, is there a command I can use that unmounts all unnecessary drives?
>> And what command can I use to just unmount one drive?
>>
>>
> What do you mean by unnecessary? If you do not want to access files in
> those drives, you can unmount them with:
>
> # umount /path/to/mount/point
>
> That will unmount just one drive. You can issue the command:
>
> # umount -a
>
> to attempt to unmount *all* the drives. Note that the root filesystem
> cannot be unmounted.
>
> If you don't want a particular drive to be mounted at the next reboot,
> edit the file '/etc/fstab' and comment out the corresponding lines.
>
> If you are just looking for a way to suppress all the drive icons on
> your desktop (assuming you are using gnome) issue the command:
>
> $ gconftool -s /apps/nautilus/desktop/volumes_visible -t bool false
>
> hth,
> Rajkiran
>
Thanks, I didnt want to unmount my filesystem, but its good to know that
it cant be unmounted.
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