>> >> # umount /var >> umount: /var: device is busy >> umount: /var: device is busy >> >> Ayn ideas? > > Are you using chrooted BIND? > > Do a cat /proc/mounts, search for var, and unmount anything in use. # cat /proc/mounts | grep var /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02 /var ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0 I can't unmount var. I think it is like Ross already wrote, that /var can't be unmounted in multi-user mode. It would be nice if someone could explain why /var is unmountable, even when "fuser -mv /var" and "/lsof /var" doesn't return any files. Thomas