[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I recently moved my Debian to a larger hard drive. I reorganized the partition > allocation from a splintered arrangement to a 2 partition arrangement: > /dev/hda4 - /var > /dev/hda3 - / (and all other stuff) > > Up until this change, 'shutdown' worked ok. Recently, I've been getting a > message: > > ...... mount: /dev/hda4 is busy > > when partitions are being dis-mounted. Any clues as to how to determine what > process is keeping the partition busy? >
yup. try fuser -m /var the output will be process ids of processes using the file system. it sounds like processes are not being killed appropriately. good luck, m* -- "The Shining One" -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .