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	slvr32	2011-03-10 , 19:14
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Originally Posted by ejasmadur

Please I need help. I tried unmounting MyDocs to run fsck but I get error "Device or rescource busy"

I also tries umount -f but I get error "You can't unmount forcibly"

On connecting via USB, only mem card is connected as "device is busy"

What do I do? Please help me.

Originally Posted by jedi

It means a process running has a file open on the MyDocs partition.

Give it a reboot, then try the umount etc as soon as the phone has booted.

If it still complains about open files, then it's probably a widget that's got an open file lock...

One other thing to try, to avoid a reboot, would be to just 'cd' to another directory outside of /home/user/MyDocs, in case you're the one sitting in /home/user/MyDocs in the Terminal, holding up the umount.

I added 'cd /' after 'sudo gainroot' in the orginal commands

Code:

sudo gainroot
cd /
umount /dev/mmcblk0p1
fsck -af /dev/mmcblk0p1
mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /home/user/MyDocs

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