On 17.02.2019 1:21, Mark Allums wrote: > On 2/16/19 2:41 AM, Curt wrote: >> On 2019-02-15, Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> wrote: >>> I just bought a new backup disk, and I want to check it. It's >>> mounted in >>> a USB dock. >>> >>> Running the following gives an error: >>> >>> root@martha:~# umount /dev/sdb1 >>> root@martha:~# e2fsck -c -c -C 0 -f -F -k -p /dev/sdb1 >>> /dev/sdb1 is in use. >>> e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting. >>> >>> What's causing this and how do I fix it? It's not MATE; I tried >>> rebooting to rescue mode, but that didn't help. >>> >>> Mark >> >> People sometimes recommend 'fuser' in cases like these in order to >> identify processes that might be accessing the drive. >> >> I mean, the message says '/dev/sdb1 is in use.' Perhaps it is indeed. >> >> fuser -v -m /dev/sdb1 >> >> Worth a try, maybe, as no one else seems to have suggested it. > > root@martha:~# fuser -v -m /dev/sdb1 > root@martha:~# > > No results. Thanks. > > Mark > Maybe something simple like "lsof" command can shed some light on this problem? $ sudo lsof /dev/sdb $ sudo lsof /dev/sdb1
Also show us an output of "gdisk" command: $ sudo gdisk -l /dev/sdb -- With kindest regards, Alexander. ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀
