Unmount refers to making the storage device like, external HDD, USB storage inaccessible to the OS. This tag can be used for questions related to mounting or unmounting of a device.
Questions tagged [unmount]
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Is it unmount /dev/sdb or /dev/sdb1
Do these have the same effect when the drive has only one big partition?
udisks --unmount /dev/sdb
udisks --unmount /dev/sdb1

H2ONaCl
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Unable to unmount /proc
I started customizing live ubuntu cd. I followed all the steps in this post but i am not able to unmount the /proc. Please look @ the below error.. The error says some process where running but i am not able to figure out the process.. Can anyone…

karthick87
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How to Unmount WIndows Partition Disk Permantely
I have dual OS (Windows 8 and Ubuntu), when I using Ubuntu, Windows partition Disks are automatically mounted in Explorer. I need to unmount permanently on every boot or permanently. I tried this in Gparted but when reboot it again mounted.
Kindly…

Nachiappan R
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Unmount a desktop
I was attempting to mount a iso file to a file on my desktop but unintentionally I mounted my desktop by mistake. Now my desktop is readonly and I can not fix it. I tried searching but I was unable to solve it. If one could spare some help thank you…

Aaron
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