Hi, I have just one more question. This problem wouldnt happen if I just mount the cdrom on the server, use it locally and after sometime I can unmount it. Then also nfsd should be accessing it as /cdrom is there in my exports list and preventing me from umounting?
I am confused... Could you clarify, Suresh On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 01:55:49PM +0200, Michalowski Thierry wrote: > Your problem is that you exported the CDROM with nfsd, and thus nfsd is > still accessing it, even if nobody accesses your machine through nfs. > Just comment the line which exports your CDROM in /etc/exports, then issue > "exportfs -ua", then "exportfs -a" . > This should unexport your CDROM, and allow you to unmount it, locally. > > HTH > Thierry > Suresh ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Suresh Kumar.R, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept of Electronics & Communication College of Engineering, Trivandrum - 695 016, INDIA Phone: (O) 91 471 414634/418379, (R) 91 471 443496