From ernst@zaphod.euronet.nl Mon Feb 25 01:05:32 2002 Return-Path: Received: from zaphod.euronet.nl (zaphod.euronet.nl [194.134.128.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF71637B402 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 01:05:31 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ernst@localhost) by zaphod.euronet.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1P95d102284; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:05:39 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ernst) Message-Id: <200202250905.g1P95d102284@zaphod.euronet.nl> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:05:39 +0100 (CET) From: Ernst de Haan Reply-To: Ernst de Haan To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: umount -f does not work for ufs floppy X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 X-GNATS-Notify: >Number: 35309 >Category: bin >Synopsis: umount -f does not work for ufs floppy >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Feb 25 01:10:01 PST 2002 >Closed-Date: Sat Jul 12 22:53:44 PDT 2003 >Last-Modified: Sat Jul 12 22:53:44 PDT 2003 >Originator: Ernst de Haan >Release: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE i386 >Organization: EuroNet Internet B.V. >Environment: System: FreeBSD zaphod.euronet.nl 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #4: Fri Dec 21 12:52:57 CET 2001 ernst@zaphod.euronet.nl:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ZAPHOD i386 >Description: I mounted a UFS floppy from /dev/fd0c as /mnt/floppy. I removed the floppy. I tried to forcibly unmount it, but it fails: # umount -fv /dev/fd0c umount: unmount of /mnt/floppy failed: Input/output error It seems I will have to restart my system... This can't be true! Will try an init 1 first. There goes my uptime... >How-To-Repeat: Do the same as I did. :-) >Fix: Wish I had one. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Ernst de Haan Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/35309: umount -f does not work for ufs floppy Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 15:13:10 -0800 On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 10:05:39AM +0100, Ernst de Haan wrote: [snip] > >Description: > I mounted a UFS floppy from /dev/fd0c as /mnt/floppy. I removed the floppy. I > tried to forcibly unmount it, but it fails: > > # umount -fv /dev/fd0c > umount: unmount of /mnt/floppy failed: Input/output error > > It seems I will have to restart my system... This can't be true! Will try an > init 1 first. There goes my uptime... > >How-To-Repeat: > Do the same as I did. :-) > >Fix: > Wish I had one. Put the floppy back in and umount(8) it. -- Crist J. Clark | cjclark@alum.mit.edu | cjclark@jhu.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/ | cjc@freebsd.org From: Ernst de Haan To: "Crist J. Clark" Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/35309: umount -f does not work for ufs floppy Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 09:25:18 +0100 > Put the floppy back in and umount(8) it. I tried that, but I had put some other files on it, so that did not work. But even then this is still a major problem! umount -f should *always* work! Ernst -- Ernst de Haan EuroNet Internet B.V. "Come to me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest" -- Jesus Christ From: Sheldon Hearn To: Ernst de Haan Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/35309: umount -f does not work for ufs floppy Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 13:09:07 +0200 On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 00:30:02 PST, Ernst de Haan wrote: > > Put the floppy back in and umount(8) it. > > I tried that, but I had put some other files on it, so that did not work. > > But even then this is still a major problem! umount -f should *always* work! This PR duplicates numerous others and provides no new information. This is a well-known problem. It's just not easy to fix. Ciao, Sheldon. State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: kris State-Changed-When: Sat Jul 12 22:53:22 PDT 2003 State-Changed-Why: As sheldon notes in the audit trail, this problem is often reported but not easy to fix. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=35309 >Unformatted: