Subject: install/7188: install doesn't finish unmounting filesystems when aborting?
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Peter Seebach <seebs@chest.plethora.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/17/1999 12:58:20
Note: There was a bad value `non-critiacl' for the field `>Severity:'.
It was set to the default value of `serious'.
>Number: 7188
>Category: install
>Synopsis: install seems to leave /mnt mounted when aborting
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Mar 17 21:05:02 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Peter Seebach
>Organization:
>Release: Mar 15 1999
>Environment:
System: NetBSD chest.plethora.net 1.3K NetBSD 1.3K (CHEST) #0: Wed Mar 17 08:02:32 CST 1999 seebs@chest.plethora.net:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/CHEST i386
>Description:
When my install failed, '/mnt' was left mounted. Worse, I had to
'umount -f', because there was no 'ps' and I couldn't figure out what
was still using it.
>How-To-Repeat:
Have an install fail, and notice that /mnt stays mounted.
>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: