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how to get privileged to unmount sda1?

Asked by Sbn

Hey, I have a dual-boot with XP/Ubuntu 7.10, and the hdd from XP is always visible on my gutsy desktop. When I try to unmount it I get the message "you are not privileged to unmount this volume." That sounds like real BS to me, as I am the owner and sole user of this computer. Anybody???

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Pramod Dematagoda (pmdematagoda) said : 		#1

You do not need root privileges to unmount external hard disks, but you do need root privileges to unmount internal hard disks.

Just execute:-

sudo umount /media/mount-point-of-windows-drive

that should do the trick.

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Best Vojtěch Trefný (vojtech.trefny) said : 		#2

"as I am the owner and sole user of this computer"
→ No, you're not - "owner of computer" is root (superuser, admin etc.).

Only root can unmout internal drives (you as user can handle only removable drives (flash disks etc.).

"sudo umount /dev/sda1"

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Sbn (esbenvinsnes) said : 		#3

Ok I get it, but how come I was able to do it in my former installation?

Thanks