> 
> >  > Of course, I have made sure that no process was hanging on coda
> >  > resources...
> >  > 
> >  > [root_at_aria /root]# vutil -shutdown
> >  > [root_at_aria /root]# rmmod coda
> >  > rmmod: coda: Device or resource busy
> 
> Forgot to `umount /coda'?

Ahh !  How come I *did* forget such an important step !  Thanks
for pointing out my mistake ....

With the right procedure, now I can restart venus without rebooting
my machine.  I can do that with coda kernel modules of both 
linux 2.0.30 and 2.1.90.

[root_at_aria fs]# vutil -shutdown
[root_at_aria fs]# umount /coda
[root_at_aria fs]# venus &
[1] 1097

(and venus will be restarted)

Cheers !

-- Clement