From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id iBBAgVr06912 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 05:42:31 -0500 Received: from dedicated.mountainviewdata.com (207-234-129-26.ptr.primarydns.com [207.234.129.26]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iBBAgNNN003543 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 05:42:23 -0500 Received: from DavidLT.cn.mvd (adsl-64-169-170-250.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.169.170.250]) by dedicated.mountainviewdata.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DBDDA0026 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 02:39:52 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 18:42:10 +0800 From: David Yu Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] LVM and umount strangeness Message-Id: <20041211184210.10ac7870.david@mountainviewdata.com> In-Reply-To: <1101958776.41ae8e789ded6@elm2a.cns.ohiou.edu> References: <1101958776.41ae8e789ded6@elm2a.cns.ohiou.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: LVM general discussion and development Hi Tim, On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 22:39:36 -0500 Tim Hibbard wrote: > I try to do a umount /dev/lvm/disks I get a message "umount: /dev/lvm/disks: not > mounted" (even though it is). It seems that the volume is still mounted. You can check /proc/mounts for this. "Not mounted" means "umount" cannot find a entry in /etc/mtab. You can add the proper entry in mtab and try umount again. Btw, this is my 1st post in lvm list :) -- Best regards, David ___________________________________________________ David Yu Mountain View Data Inc. http://www.mountainviewdata.com Tel: +86(10)8440-8185 Fax: +86(10)8440-7519