centos-bounces@centos.org wrote on 07/13/2005 03:48:28 PM:

> Matt Lawrence wrote:
> > I'm attempting to build a virtual disk image for qemu of CentOS4 on
> > CentOS4. I'm having a problem after using yum --installroot to put a
> > minimal filesystem on a partition located within the virtual disk. When
> > I go to unmount it, I get "device is busy" errors. I know that I haven't
> > left anything using that filesystem and lsof doesn't show anything, so
> > I'm wondering if there is some sort of odd problem with the loop device.
> > So far, I haven't been able to find anything applicable using google.
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > -- Matt
> >
>
> Have you cd'd out of the mountpoint?

I was never using it as my current working directory.  I was only using "yum --installroot".  While it may be possible for yum to cause this problem, I seriously doubt it.  All the real problems I've had with yum have been operator error.

-- Matt