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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!nntp.portal.ca!news.bc.net!unixg.ubc.ca!umelba.Triumf.CA!spmklr From: spmklr@umelba.Triumf.CA (NotMyRealAddress) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: hanging NFS mountpoints -- how to remove Date: 4 Mar 1997 20:13:03 GMT Organization: seldom Lines: 16 Distribution: world Message-ID: <5fhvof$dbp$1@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> References: <5fhkuc$hhb$4@kayrad.ziplink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: umelba.triumf.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:36557 In article <5fhkuc$hhb$4@kayrad.ziplink.net> mi@ALDAN.ziplink.net..remove-after-`net' writes: >Ok. I mount a partition from another server (Irix). Then Irix >crashes (whatever the reson). Then I can not access the mount point >(of course), nor can I force it's unmount. The only way I know to >make the FreeBSD box forget this directory was a mount point is to >reboot it, which is a bloody shame. Do you know of a better way? >(FreeBSD-2.1.5, but I think this is a typical case). Thank you, Try typing the "umount" command (it should hang), then hitting Control-C. This recipe has worked for me in the past on some UNIX OS'es, but I don't recall ever using it on FreeBSD. _____ Larry MyRealAddress: felawka@alph04.triumf.ca