HUNEYCUTT@Wpafb-Afwal@sri-unix (08/20/82)
Date: 9 Aug 1982 (Monday) 2306-EDT Hello, First, let me repeat my earlier request to be added to your mailing list. If this is not the correct drop for such a request, would someone please send me a note saying so? Secondly, I have a question about unmounting a file system. One of the operators here, when removing one of our RK07 packs, issued a SYNC and, without 'umount'ing the file system, removed the pack. The structure has been rendered inaccessible. Could anyone explain to me what happened? I thought that the SYNC re-wrote all in-core file system buffers to the disk. Is is possible that failing to issue a umount destroyed only the link between the root file system and the mounted one, and if so, can this be recovered? Thank you for your time, Doug Huneycutt