Unmounting NFS directory when it is not available

With my laptop, it often happens that I have NFS mounted directories
still mounted, even though their hosts are no longer available via
network. (because the laptop is physically removed). Unmounting them
seemingly gets stuck. How can I force unmounting without talking to
the server. Thanks.

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On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:11:42 -0500, Ignoramus3938 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:


>With my laptop, it often happens that I have NFS mounted directories
>still mounted, even though their hosts are no longer available via
>network. (because the laptop is physically removed). Unmounting them
>seemingly gets stuck. How can I force unmounting without talking to
>the server. Thanks.

umount -f
It takes a long time to finish, but be patient.

On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:56:26 GMT, AZ Nomad
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:11:42 -0500, Ignoramus3938 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>>With my laptop, it often happens that I have NFS mounted directories
>>still mounted, even though their hosts are no longer available via
>>network. (because the laptop is physically removed). Unmounting them
>>seemingly gets stuck. How can I force unmounting without talking to
>>the server. Thanks.
>
>umount -f
>It takes a long time to finish, but be patient.

You may also want to try umount -l (as in Lazy)