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How can I fsck a partition when the device reads as busy (but has been confirmed otherwise)?
I'm attempting to run fsck -p /dev/sda5 to repair errors on an ext4 partition, however the command outputs
fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2
fsck.ext4: Device or resource busy while trying to open ...
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How to mount a Truecrypt container with a timeout from the command line?
I'm mounting a truecrypt container via the command line (i.e. truecrypt file dir). Is there any way to have truecrypt automatically unmount the container after a given amount of inactivity in dir?
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Why is 'umount' not spelled 'unmount'?
I am wondering if there is any historical or practical reason why the umount command is not unmount.
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Fedora 18 doesn't shutdown , restart or sleep / can not unmount all file systems
When I do something (whatever) that results in a shut down, restart or sleep (for example usual shut down or restart, closing the lid, etc.), fedora 18 (x86_64 , GNOME desktop) comes up with an error ...
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Fedora 18 safe remove usb drive
How can I safe remove a usb drive from the Gnome 3.6.2 GUI? This feature used to be available in the past (up to 16, I haven't used 17) from the Desktop and Computer tab in nautilus.
The eject arrow ...
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Horrible situation - file systems mounted simultaneously by multiple independent OS instances
How do I get out of this situation safely?
Details are as follow:
A xen server has got block devices allocated to VMs. But these devices have also been mounted inside Xen.
In fact 44 of these ...
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How to unmount a formerly chroot'd filesystem?
I'm using a rescue-live-system (similar to a live-cd) to fix some issues with my Debian server, like that:
# mkdir -p /mnt/rescue
# mount /dev/md2 /mnt/rescue
# mount --bind /dev /mnt/rescue/dev/
# ...
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Ensure that loopback root and host are unmounted on shutdown
I'm trying to setup a Linux system that runs from an LVM-formatted image file. After some tinkering with the initramfs and boot options I managed to make it up and running by mounting the host file ...
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Recover files on unmounted partition
I have 2 partitions on my macbook, but I can't mount one of them.
When I run the disk utility, the console (show details area) returns the message:
Updating boot support partitions for the volume as ...
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umount an external ntfs drive as non-root
I have ntfs-3g installed, and use this udev rule to auto mount external drives automatically. When I try umount it as non-root, it says:
umount: /media/umm is not in the fstab (and you are not root)
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Umount all attached usb disks with a single command
Is there a (safe) way to umount all partitions on all attached usb devices (usb-hdds, usb-sticks) with a single commandline command, including several encrypted luks partitions?
Only the partitions ...
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How to prevent fs unmounting?
(Apologies in advance for giving so few details below, but trust me that the set-up and the problem I'm dealing with are truly baroque, and even a superficial description would result in a far ...
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Unmounting HTC device takes forever
Not sure if should post this on Android SE because I don't think this is directly related to the Android OS. On my system I manually mount and umount my HTC device with these options in /etc/fstab:
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How do I find out which processes are preventing unmounting of a device?
Sometimes, I would like to umount a usb device, but I get a drive is busy error.
How do I find out which processes or programs are accessing the device?
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How can I shutdown after unmounting a USB device from the command line?
Previously, I asked this question about how to suspend Linux after a set amount of time.
I would like to ask a similar question. Supposing I have a USB device attached to my system (OS = Fedora 13), ...
