[NTLUG:Discuss] kernel message

[MadHat]

On Jan 14, 2004, at 12:33 PM, David Ross wrote:
> Sorry ,but i found out it's my USB pocket drive not unmounting properly
> When i plug it in an icon shows up on the desktop,but when i go to 
> unmount
> it says permission denied.So i've just been unplugging it.Do i need an 
> entry
> in fstab to be able to unmount?


To unmount a drive, you must be root and must not have anything 
accessing the drive.  Like if you are in the directory where it is 
mounted, it will not let you unmount.