On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 7:39 AM, nidhi mittal hada <nidhimittal19@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Even after umount file doesnt disappear > > 1)mount -t ext4 /dev/loop4 /mnt/ > 2)cd /mnt > 3)ls > a.c lost+found > > 4)cd - > 4)umount /mnt > 5)mount -t ext4 /dev/loop4 /mnt/ > 6) cd /mnt/ > > 7) > [root@localhost mnt]# ls > a.c lost+found > > > I m guessing ...is this somewhere related to that its showing data > from page cache but not from disk ? I'm pretty sure the real issue is that umount does NOT disassociate /dev/loop4 with the image file you associated it with. Thus your image file is still open via the loopback association. You need to terminate the loopback. losetup -d /dev/loop4 Greg -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
