Re: forceful unmount

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 21 Dec 1998 20:04:20 +0000 (GMT)

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> Why does LInux not support forceful unmount of file systems? Other
> Operating systems
> do support this feature; whenever they forcefully unmount a fs, they bother to

man fuser , and for NFS we support umount -f for those cases where the NFS
server chokes, explodes or otherwises renders itself non-optimal

Alan

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