Re: fsck fails with "partition in use" error after partition umount'ed

2014-11-30 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 30 November 2014 at 23:49, Joel Roth wrote: > On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 06:09:38PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 30 November 2014 at 17:47, Joel Roth wrote: >> > I notice that /dev/sdb1, an ext4 partition on a USB drive has remounted >> > read-only. >> > >> > I try >> > >> > umount /dev/sdb

Re: fsck fails with "partition in use" error after partition umount'ed

2014-11-30 Thread Joel Roth
On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 06:09:38PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 30 November 2014 at 17:47, Joel Roth wrote: > > I notice that /dev/sdb1, an ext4 partition on a USB drive has remounted > > read-only. > > > > I try > > > > umount /dev/sdb1 > > > > then > > > > fsck /dev/sdb1 > > > > fsck from u

Re: fsck fails with "partition in use" error after partition umount'ed

2014-11-29 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 30 November 2014 at 17:47, Joel Roth wrote: > I notice that /dev/sdb1, an ext4 partition on a USB drive has remounted > read-only. > > I try > > umount /dev/sdb1 > > then > > fsck /dev/sdb1 > > fsck from util-linux 2.25.2 > e2fsck 1.42.12 (29-Aug-2014) > /dev/sdb1 is in use. > e2fsck: Cannot co

fsck fails with "partition in use" error after partition umount'ed

2014-11-29 Thread Joel Roth
I notice that /dev/sdb1, an ext4 partition on a USB drive has remounted read-only. I try umount /dev/sdb1 then fsck /dev/sdb1 fsck from util-linux 2.25.2 e2fsck 1.42.12 (29-Aug-2014) /dev/sdb1 is in use. e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting. Is there a way that a volume can be in use without b