> nothing is using the partition > $ lsof |grep srv > <empty> Although the prompt is a $, I assume you're actually doing this as root? > $ umount /srv > umount: /srv: device is busy > umount: /srv: device is busy > > > what could keeping the device "busy" ... ? Is the device NFS exported? I've seem that prevent umounting even though nothing shows up in the process list. -- rgds Stephen