SUMMARY: NFS mount directory

Hi all,

It looks like I will have to arrange a reboot of this system,
unfortunately I am running 5.6 so forceful umounts are not possible.
Tried everything but to no avail, thank you for those that sent their
suggestions, much appreciated.

Regards

Adrian Phipps

>  -----Original Message-----
> From:         Adrian Phipps (AC)
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 8:51 AM
> To:   'sunmanagers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject:      NFS mount directory
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a E450 running Solaris 5.6 which had a NFS file system from
> system "X", but now system "X" is now longer on the network and I
> can't umount this mount point it gives following error.
> nfs umount: /nani: is busy
>
> I have also tried deleted the entry in the /etc/mnttab file but this
> does not help. Because of this stubborn NFS mount I cannot "ls -la"
> on my root file system, only "ls". I have also tried deleting the
> directory but it gives me:
> rmdir: directory "nani": Directory is a mount point or in use
>
> Please any help with this will be appreciated, as I do not want to
> reboot this system unnecessary.
>
> regards
>
> Adrian Phipps
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