[Sussex] /net device is busy

Geoff Teale Geoff.Teale at claybrook.co.uk
Wed Mar 12 18:30:02 UTC 2003


A quiclk fix I found on LinuxQuestion.org is:

Remove the following line from /etc/auto.master:

/net /etc/auto.net --timeout=60

It seems it's trying to automount NFS shares even if no such share exists!

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dominic [mailto:dominic.clay at btinternet.com]
> Sent: 12 March 2003 18:17
> To: Sussex
> Subject: [Sussex] /net device is busy
> 
> 
> Guys,
> In my Mandrake installation, there is a '/net' folder.
> It appears to be completely empty.  This is the offending 
> item that is 
> erroring when I shut down saying 'device /net is busy'.
> 
> Anybody have any clues what this /net thing is all about and 
> why it is 
> _always_ busy?
> 
> Cheers,
> Dominic
> 
> 
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