Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 20 Jun 2003 16:47:35 +0200 | From | Andreas Haumer <> | Subject | Re: Problem unmounting initrd-romfs in 2.4.21 |
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Hi!
Tobias Reinhard wrote: > Hi all! > > I'm booting up with a initrd in a romfs. After loading all needed > modules and pivoting root I unmount the initrd and flush the used > buffers. > > Since I updated to 2.4.21 I can't unmount the initrd - it says it's > busy, but it's no (or at least lsof does say so). > > I use kernel 2.4.21 with /drivers/Makefile , /drivers/ide and > /include/linux/ide.h from ac1 to reenable ide-modules. > > Anyone know the problem? > Hm, just a guess: do you have devfs mounted to /dev on the initial ramdisk (probably automounted by the kernel, with config option CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT=y)?
Check the output of "mount", it'll show you if there's still something mounted under the "old" root.
We use initrd + devfs for ages now (we even use romfs for initrd like you do), and it works fine with 2.4.21 too.
HTH
- - andreas
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