Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:34:27 +0200 From: Ulrich Spoerlein <uspoerlein@gmail.com> To: =?iso-8859-15?Q?Bj=F6rn_K=F6nig?= <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: unmounting a filesystem safely that doesn't exist anymore Message-ID: <20060612193427.GE1226@roadrunner.aventurien.local> In-Reply-To: <448B0419.3090303@cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <448B0419.3090303@cs.tu-berlin.de>
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--ffoCPvUAPMgSXi6H Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bj=F6rn K=F6nig wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I did a mistake: I unplugged my digital camera accidentally before I unmo= unted the=20 > filesystem. *doh* This happens very often, because I'm very scatterbraine= d. =3D) The kernel=20 > will panic and all filesystems remain unclean in any case now. I know tha= t this is a well=20 > know issue and in past discussions you stated that this behaviour is inte= nded and won't be=20 > changed ad hoc. I just want to know if somebody knows a workaround or sma= ll trick that=20 > prevents the other filesystems from being unclean on next boot-up. You might give the automounter (am-utils) a whirl. They are very confusing to set up, but you can set the unmount-if-unused timeout to something like 5 seconds. This could narrow the window enough to not panic you system frequently :) Ulrich Spoerlein --=20 PGP Key ID: 20FEE9DD Encrypted mail welcome! Fingerprint: AEC9 AF5E 01AC 4EE1 8F70 6CBD E76E 2227 20FE E9DD Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? Don't know. Don't care. --ffoCPvUAPMgSXi6H Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEjcHD524iJyD+6d0RAjEqAJ9J/2R3taQCiJhjq9ny4K2/y47LYQCgjKcz tcr18xQcOWze6XJmqbYtYfg= =zEKT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ffoCPvUAPMgSXi6H--
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