thanks for the help Matt. On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > From: Michael Havens > > didn't remember umount needing the full line... I thought you just needed > > to tell it the device in /mnt to umount. > > machine:~$ mount > [snip] > /dev/sda1 on /mnt/kingston type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,umask=000) > machine:~$ umount kingston > umount: kingston is not mounted (according to mtab) > machine:~$ umount /mnt/kingston > [works] > machine:/mnt$ umount kingston > [also works] > > When you tell umount to umount something, you need to give the device or > the > mountpoint. If you give it a relative path, that won't work unless you're > in > the appropriate dir. So I've gotten in the habit of giving a full path > when > mounting or umounting things. > > -- > Matt G / Dances With Crows > The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ > There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: