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Re: Shutdown problems.

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Subject: Re: Shutdown problems.
From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 18:59:39 -0700
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BUSCAIDEAS@xxxxxxxx writes:
> This is my first mail in this list. I write you because I have recently
> recompiled a 2.4.17 linux kernel on top of a RH7.2 system to test devfs
> and it was just a matter of following the instructions in the documentation
> of the kernel. The configuration makes use of /dev-state to save ownerships
> from boot to boot. (Yes, I have changed /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit according
> to instructions and uncommented the suggested lines in /etc/devfsd.conf).
> 
> It works basically right and now /dev looks much prettier and cleaner on
> my system. Just a couple of questions:
> 
> 1) When loading, there is an error in "Copying /dev-state/fb to /dev/fb".
> However, then it works fine. Maybe, is there a need to build a tarfile
> for that devices?

No, no tarfiles! Please send the complete error message and any other
information that you might think will help identify the problem.

> 2) The most serious comes when shuting down. I get the following messages
> almost at the end (while it is unmounting everything)
> ///////////////////////////////////////////
> umount2: Device or resource busy

You can't unmount devfs, because it is always being used. A newer
version of umount(8) (from util-linux) fixes the "umount -a" case.

> umount: devfs: not found

I guess umount(8) got confused.

> umount: /dev: Illegal seek

Even more so. Just symptoms of the underlying problem. Don't unmount
devfs.

                                Regards,

                                        Richard....
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