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From: Robert <robert@namodn.com>
To: Aaron Parmelee <trout@net66.com>
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Subject: Re: how do i unmount cdrom, floppy, etc
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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
> 


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