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SubjectRe: the umount() saga for regular linux desktop users
On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:41:02 +0000, William <wh@designed4u.net> wrote:

> Regularly, when attempting to umount() a filesystem I receive 'device is busy'
> errors. The only way (that I have found) to solve these problems is to go on
> a journey into processland and kill all the guilty ones that have tied
> themselves to the filesystem concerned.

Even a lazy umount doesn't work? "umount -l <filesystem-name>"

> In my opinion, in order for linux to be trully user friendly, "a umount()
> should NEVER fail" (even if the device containing the filesystem is no
> longuer attached to the system). The kernel should do it's best to satisfy
> the umount request and cleanup. Maybe the kernel could try some of the
> following:

Would it be user-friendly if this forcible umount caused the user to lose data?

Oisin
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