Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:47:19 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert <robert@namodn.com> To: Aaron Parmelee <trout@net66.com> Cc: "FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: how do i unmount cdrom, floppy, etc Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981202124533.12708B-100000@namodn.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981202143729.00a8f4d0@net66.com>
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Hmm, sounds like a problem.. FYI, if you wanna force unmount, do umount -f /dev/whatever but you definitely should not have to makedev your floppy device at all, let alone every time you boot :/ Now that you've provided more info, hopefully someone who's experienced this prob can help you.. I'd recommend verifying your kernel config, etc.. -rob ( www.namodn.com ) ( mailto : robert@namodn.com ) On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Aaron Parmelee wrote: > At 11:56 AM 12/2/98 +0000, freebsd-questions account wrote: > >To answer your question, > >umount /dev/fd0 > >should unmount your floppy .. :) > > > >Hmm, well, you CAN mount more than one device at a time.. (you do it > >everytime you boot! Mounting diff partitions to /, /home, /var, etc) > > > >What dir are you trying to mount the other devices on? > >Try unmounting the floppy. Can these other devices now be mounted? > > > >-rob > >( www.namodn.com ) > >( mailto : robert@namodn.com ) > > > >On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Aaron Parmelee wrote: > > > >> > >> hello out there: > >> > >> today i tried to mount my cdrom, floppy drive, and zip drive. i > >> successfully mounted the floppy, but i couldn't mount anything else after. > >> i kept getting "device busy" flag. how do i unmount devices so that i can > >> mount other devices? > >> > >> incidently, the floppy was fd0, msdos filesystem. > >> > > thanks for the reply, rob > > i was able to mount the cdrom at the same time as the floppy, in a > different directory. however, i was unable to unmount either one. > > after entering the command: umount /dev/fd0 > i was rewarded with: mount: /cdrom: Device busy > > same was true trying to unmount the cdrom with similar command/results > > also, i am unable to naviagate the mounted filesystem. i can see the > directories on the floppy, but i can't get to them. > example: > command: cd bin <bin dir on floppy> > what i get: bin: No such file or dir > > this is solved by entering the following command in the dev dir: > ./MAKEDEV fd0 <or dev for cdrom, zip drive> > > in order to get to the files on the cdroms, floppies, etc, i have to do > this everytime i start freebsd. can this be automated? something in the > .profile or .cshrc? > > -thanks > aaron > > > "My motto is: do it my way or watch your butt." > -Nathan Arizona > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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