Error Creating File System The Device Is Busy
How is it busy? I have nothing opened and haven't used it in anyway other than plugging it in. It doesn't even tell me what's using it. View 4 Replies Similar Messages: Ubuntu Multimedia :: Unable To Open Device /dev/dsp - Device Or Resource Busy Ubuntu :: Mdadm: Cannot Open Device /dev/sdb1: Device Or Resource Busy Ubuntu :: Unable To Format, Partitions Busy Ubuntu :: External Hard Drive Busy, Can't Format? Ubuntu :: Fsck On Busy Device Or Resource Fedora :: Cannot Unmount Because Device Is Busy Hardware :: Device Or Resource Busy ? Ubuntu :: E2fsck Fails Device Or Resource Busy Ubuntu Installation :: Cannot Create Partition: Device Or Resource Busy Ubuntu :: Gave Up Waiting For Root Device ... Drops To Busy Box Fedora :: XFS Mount Failed - Device Or Resource Busy General :: Named Stops / Device Is Busy On Restart Ubuntu Servers :: RAID5 Failed - MDADM (Device Or Resource Busy) Ubuntu :: Mdadm Device Or Resource Busy Using Drives From Old Hardware Raid? Debian Multimedia :: Alsa Just Returns With Device Or Resource Busy CentOS 5 :: Mdadm: Cannot Open /dev/sda2: Device Or Resource Busy Fedora Installation :: Error Creating Partition - Device Or Resource Busy Ubuntu :: Fatsort - Sort_fs: Device Or Resource Busy - Cannot Read Boot Sector Or Headers Debian Installation :: Mount Root Filesystem Failed: Device Or Resource Busy CentOS 5 Hardware :: File System Check Fails On Boot - Device Busy OpenSUSE Hardware :: Mounting Encrypted Fs Error : Remove Ioctl Failed: Device Or Resource Busy Ubuntu :: Claim Interfaced Failed: Could Not Claim Interface 0: Device Or Resource Busy Ubuntu :: External Hard Drives - Error "Cannot Unmount Because File System On Device Is Busy" Ubuntu Installation :: Device Busy Using Image Scan - Reports Could Not Send Command To Scanner Check The Scanner Status Fedora :: Error "Device Or Resource Busy" When Trying To Suspend RAM Server :: CIFS
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here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/15024/umount-device-is-busy-why site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more http://www.lazysystemadmin.com/2010/09/unmount-filesystem-when-device-is-busy.html about hiring developers or posting ads with us Unix & Linux Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Unix & Linux Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for users of Linux, FreeBSD and other Un*x-like operating systems. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: error creating Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top umount: device is busy. Why? up vote 106 down vote favorite 37 When running umount /path I get: umount: /path: device is busy. The filesystem is huge, so lsof +D /path is not a realistic option. lsof /path, lsof +f -- /path, and fuser /path all return error creating file nothing. fuser -v /path gives: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /path: root kernel mount /path which is normal for all unused mounted file systems. umount -l and umount -f is not good enough for my situation. How do I figure out why the kernel thinks this filesystem is busy? Edit: I have made a page with examples of all solutions so far here: http://oletange.blogspot.com/2012/04/umount-device-is-busy-why.html mount share|improve this question edited Oct 12 '14 at 23:44 asked Jun 15 '11 at 11:41 Ole Tange 7,09062958 5 Is your shell's current directory on the mountpoint path? –LawrenceC Jun 15 '11 at 11:49 No. Then fuser would say so. –Ole Tange Jun 15 '11 at 11:58 6 You actually want fuser -vm /path ... –derobert Oct 23 '12 at 17:23 1 For umount --force will try harder to unmount and -v or -vvv even will reaveal more what is the problem with mount. So try: umount -vvv --force /babdmount –gaoithe Dec 4 '15 at 11:50 add a comment| 9 Answers 9 active oldest votes up vote 84 down vote accepted It seems the cause for my issue was the nfs-kernel-server was exporting the directory. The nfs-kernel-server
This Add to Technorati Digg This When you unmount a filesystem, you may get "device is busy error" sometimes. Using the following steps, you can unmount safely. # umount /testsrv1/rman umount: /testsrv1/rman: device is busy umount: /testsrv1/rman: device is busy # fuser -m /testsrv1/rman /testsrv1/rman: 31477c # ps -eaf | grep 31477 oracle 31477 31448 0 09:52 pts/0 00:00:00 /bin/ksh # df -h /testsrv1/rman Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on testsrv1:/miszpool/mis 2.5T 1.9T 560G 78% /testsrv1/rman # ps -eaf | grep 31477 oracle 31477 31448 0 09:52 pts/0 00:00:00 /bin/ksh # ps -eaf | grep 31448 dbauser1 31448 31447 0 09:51 pts/0 00:00:00 -ksh oracle 31477 31448 0 09:52 pts/0 00:00:00 /bin/ksh # kill -9 31477 # ps -eaf | grep 31448 dbauser1 31448 31447 0 09:51 pts/0 00:00:00 -ksh # umount -f /testsrv1/rman # mount /testsrv1/rman # df -h /testsrv1/rman Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on testsrv1:/miszpool/mis 2.5T 1.9T 560G 78% /testsrv1/rman Labels: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solutions, Tips For Further Reading, AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solutions, Tips About the Author I'm Parthiban, An UNIX System Admin by Profession. I'm Experienced in Linux/Unix System Administration and Scripting. I have done lot of work on the infrastructure Mgmt side in Linux, UNIX and Windows system administration, Hardware, Storage and Data center. I'm blogging since 2008. Follow Me On Twitter or On Facebook Do you like my blog? If you enjoy reading the LazySystemAdmin blog, please help spread the word by sharing this site with your friends. Subscribe LazySystemAdmin: Follow us on Twitter Follow in Facebook Get Updates via Email { 0 comments... read them below or add one } Post a Comment What do you think about this Article? Add your Opinion..! Newer Post Older Post Home About LazySystemAdmin LazySystemAdmin is a site with 300+ Articles, how-to guides and video tutorials on all things related to System Administration and Technology. This Blog is to share our knowledge and expertise on System Administration and Operating Systems. Stay connected with LazySystemAdmin. LazySystemAdmin on Facebook LazySystemAdmins Damodharan.M Madeswaran N Parthiban Ponnusamy Raja Sekhar T Sajeesh Kumar s