Comments on: HowTo: force umount a busy device in linux http://www.ithowto.ro/2009/04/howto-force-umount-a-busy-device-in-linux/ Blogging about IT Stuff by ESSERIO Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:09:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: gkoo http://www.ithowto.ro/2009/04/howto-force-umount-a-busy-device-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-183 gkoo Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:04:30 +0000 http://www.ithowto.ro/?p=90#comment-183 You're welcome :) You’re welcome :)

]]> By: Chris http://www.ithowto.ro/2009/04/howto-force-umount-a-busy-device-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Chris Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:20:55 +0000 http://www.ithowto.ro/?p=90#comment-182 Wow! This helped. The drive was unmounted instantaneously. Great! Thanks, even more than 3 years later. :) Wow! This helped.
The drive was unmounted instantaneously.
Great! Thanks, even more than 3 years later. :)

]]> By: casimir http://www.ithowto.ro/2009/04/howto-force-umount-a-busy-device-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-12 casimir Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:26:50 +0000 http://www.ithowto.ro/?p=90#comment-12 To avoid misunderstandings: The -l option does a "lazy" unmount, which means it keeps waiting until the device isn't busy any longer before automatically unmounting it. It doesn't "force" anything at all. To avoid misunderstandings:

The -l option does a “lazy” unmount, which means it keeps waiting until the device isn’t busy any longer before automatically unmounting it. It doesn’t “force” anything at all.

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