Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 01:20:14 GMT From: Nehal <nehalmistry@gmx.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/72117: umount -a does not unmount msdosfs device Message-ID: <200410010120.i911KE0g044987@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/72117; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Nehal <nehalmistry@gmx.net> To: Peter Edwards <peter.edwards@vordel.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, ru@freebsd.org, peadar@freebsd.org Subject: Re: misc/72117: umount -a does not unmount msdosfs device Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 18:09:35 -0700 On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:26:21 +0100 Peter Edwards <peter.edwards@vordel.com> wrote: > Did you give the FS type as "msdos" or "msdosfs" in /etc/fstab? > > Some time ago, the filesystem "msdos" was renamed with "msdosfs" > for consistency. > There was code added to "mount" to cope with the rename, but not > to umount, the result being that filesystems marked as type > "msdos" will mount properly (with or without -a), but won't > unmount with -a. You can just update your /etc/fstab, but I've > attached a patch to add the compatibilty glue to unmount. > > Ruslan, you did the original rename: Can I commit this? > Alternatively, I can work up a similar hack for "getfsent()" in > libc, and take the glue out of mount/unmount: It'd be more > intrusive, but less likely to surprise other consumers of > getfsent/getvfsent. > > Cheers, > Peadar. > apparently i did use 'msdos' in fstab. i changed it to 'msdosfs', 'umount -a' works fine now. - Nehal
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