umount - "device busy" problem

[Andy Green]

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Irving, Dave wrote:

| I have this problem as well with a USB memory stick.
| I always sync and unmount to avoid data loss - and occasionally I also
| get the error reporting that the device is busy (Im on FC3 with no
| updates).
| Sorry - that's obviously not going to be any help to you - but I just
| thought I'd point out that I see it too :o)

If it isn't really busy, umount -l can sometimes do the trick.  Check
with lsof -n | grep your/mountpoint/path that nobody is touching it first.

- -Andy
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