From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dell-paw-3.cambridge.redhat.com ([195.224.55.237] helo=passion.cambridge.redhat.com) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 165WcC-0006En-00 for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2001 18:24:24 +0000 From: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: <1006107094.1391.46.camel@gromit.house> References: <1006107094.1391.46.camel@gromit.house> To: Michael Rothwell Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: second "mount" hangs Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 18:33:34 +0000 Message-ID: <1335.1006108414@redhat.com> Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: rothwell@holly-springs.nc.us said: > I mounted a JFFS2 filesystem stored on a 16MB partition on a zip disk, > using mtdblock and blktmd. I accidentally typed "mount /mnt/flash" > rather than "umount /mnt/flash", and "mount" is now hung. Unkillable. / > mnt/flash is still mounted and usable, but not unmountable. It seems I > will have to reboot to umount the filesystem. I can't even eject the > zip disk. ISTR someone reported this to me recently. I don't recall them ever responding with the results of SysRq-T when I asked though. What are the relevant processes waiting for? -- dwmw2