Hi, is there a command I can use that unmounts all unnecessary drives?
And what command can I use to just unmount one drive?


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On Friday 28 September 2007 14:00, Sid Arth wrote:
> Hi, is there a command I can use that unmounts all unnecessary drives?
> And what command can I use to just unmount one drive?

man umount


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Sid Arth wrote:
> Hi, is there a command I can use that unmounts all unnecessary drives?
> And what command can I use to just unmount one drive?
>
>
What do you mean by unnecessary? If you do not want to access files in
those drives, you can unmount them with:

# umount /path/to/mount/point

That will unmount just one drive. You can issue the command:

# umount -a

to attempt to unmount *all* the drives. Note that the root filesystem
cannot be unmounted.

If you don't want a particular drive to be mounted at the next reboot,
edit the file '/etc/fstab' and comment out the corresponding lines.

If you are just looking for a way to suppress all the drive icons on
your desktop (assuming you are using gnome) issue the command:

$ gconftool -s /apps/nautilus/desktop/volumes_visible -t bool false

hth,
Rajkiran


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Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
> Sid Arth wrote:
>> Hi, is there a command I can use that unmounts all unnecessary drives?
>> And what command can I use to just unmount one drive?
>>
>>
> What do you mean by unnecessary? If you do not want to access files in
> those drives, you can unmount them with:
>
> # umount /path/to/mount/point
>
> That will unmount just one drive. You can issue the command:
>
> # umount -a
>
> to attempt to unmount *all* the drives. Note that the root filesystem
> cannot be unmounted.
>
> If you don't want a particular drive to be mounted at the next reboot,
> edit the file '/etc/fstab' and comment out the corresponding lines.
>
> If you are just looking for a way to suppress all the drive icons on
> your desktop (assuming you are using gnome) issue the command:
>
> $ gconftool -s /apps/nautilus/desktop/volumes_visible -t bool false
>
> hth,
> Rajkiran
>
Thanks, I didnt want to unmount my filesystem, but its good to know that
it cant be unmounted.


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