On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 06:46:17PM -0400, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Fred Smith wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 06:19:00PM -0400, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > >> Fred Smith wrote: > >> > I've got a usb HD mounted, and it has been mounted since the weekend, > >> and has been kept busy during that period. > >> > > >> > now I"m done with it an want to umount it, but neither umount nor the > >> > on-screen icon (when right-clicked) will let me do it: > >> > > >> > it is /dev/sdd1, mounted as /media/seagateusb. when root tries to > >> > umount it we get this: > >> <snip> > >> It's under control of autofs. You can open the GUI file manager, and do > >> a safely remove/eject. > >> > >> Or you can stop autofs for a minute, and then umount it. > > > > actually, no I can't. if I right-click on seagateusb and click unmount, I > > get an error box saying "Unable to unmount seagateusb. Cannot unmount > > because file system on device is busy." > <snip> > Ok, try lsof /media/seagateusb - that may tell you what's holding it. > > Did you try service autofs stop? yes, made no difference. another responder suggests it is journalling block device daemon/ thread/whatever holding the device. looking into that as we speak Fred -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." ------------------------------- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) ------------------------------