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unmount a drive that is busy
$ umount -l /path/to/drive
try on your machine

This command forcibly unmounts a busy drive by detaching it from the file system. The -l option is used to perform a lazy unmount.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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