I am mounting a NFS-folder from a server to my laptop.
Unfortunately, the server goes off sometimes… The problem is, that I cannot unmount the "dead" NFS-folder. On the command-line, I get "device is busy", and via nautilus it crashes my current session.
Is there any way to unmount a NFS-folder when the server is off?
Best Answer
You can use
umount -f -l /mnt/myfolder
, and that will fix the problem.-f
– Force unmount (in case of an unreachable NFS system). (Requires kernel 2.1.116 or later.)-l
– Lazy unmount. Detach the filesystem from the filesystem hierarchy now, and cleanup all references to the filesystem as soon as it is not busy anymore. (Requires kernel 2.4.11 or later.)Source:Linux Complete Command Reference