[TriLUG] unmounting cdrom

[Ben Pitzer]

Sanjeev,

Sounds like something else is using the CD drive, like maybe a CD audio
player.  I used to have the same problem when I had ascd installed on my
Afterstep wharf.  I'd look for something like that, first.  Also, make
sure that if you're su'd to root trying to unmount the drive, that
you're unprivileged user is not in that directory.  Sometimes that can
be the problem as well.  Exit back to your normal user, change directory
back to your $HOME, and try unmounting again.

Regards,
Ben Pitzer

On Mon, 2001-12-31 at 14:25, Sanjeev Rathore wrote:
> I sometime have problem unmounting my CD.
> 
> Computer tells me that the CD is busy.
> I don't see the busy light on the CD-ROM.
> I am not in the /mnt directory when I try to unmount.
> I use 'fuser -v /mnt/cdrom' to find the PID.
> The PID for the CD-ROM is: kernel
> 
> How can I unmount CD-ROM without shutdown. 
> Why is kernel busy reading my CD(if that is true). 
> Why the PID is not a number?
> 
> thanks,
> Sanjeev 
> 
> 
> 
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