On 2007-01-17 22:49, Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Wednesday 17 January 2007 20:31, Randall R Schulz wrote:
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If you reduce the number of _uses_ (plurals of the noun defined above), then the umount command, sans -f / force option, will succeed.
Sorry. Something got messed up. I mean to say:
"If you reduce the number of uses of file-system entities on the file system in question to zero, then the umount command [...] will succeed."
Randall, I have to agree with Marc on this. He gave the example of /usr. In addition to that, I run with separate partitions for /var and /tmp. Would you suggest that I turn off all logging so I can umount /var? That will require stopping quite a few services that probably should be left running. I bet Yast will complain, rather loudly, if I run it without a mounted /var. How does one turn off all activity on /tmp? Whether or not something is possible in principle is not the point here. The question is, can the advice be followed without potential for making a serious mess of things? In the hands of the less-than-experienced, the answer here is certainly "no", and so the advice should not be given. -- The best way to accelerate a computer running Windows is at 9.81 m/s² -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org