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Date:      Wed, 31 Aug 2005 22:30:12 +0930
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: panic after removing usb flash drive
Message-ID:  <200508312230.20301.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <4315A757.5020108@centtech.com>
References:  <1125452228.740.3.camel@arbitor.homelinux.com> <200508311306.46876.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <4315A757.5020108@centtech.com>

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On Wednesday 31 August 2005 22:19, Eric Anderson wrote:
> > Although last time I saw this discussed I came away with the impression
> > that it wasn't possible for the kernel to do this..? (without substanti=
al
> > work anyway)
>
> Why not just use the automounter to mount/umount this for you?  This
> probably won't get around umounting while in use, but you might be able
> to tell amd to use a umount -f on it.

I would have thought you'd still get a panic anyway..?
The VM will try and flush the dirty pages when you umount and consequently=
=20
panic.

=2D-=20
Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
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