[TriLUG] unmounting cdrom

[Ed Warnicke]

You might also try 

fuser /mnt/cdrom

which may give you some indication of which process
is parked on your cdrom.

Ed
On Mon, 2001-12-31 at 03:32, M. Mueller/bhu5nji wrote:
> Sanjeev,
> 
> Here's my favorite reason for cdrom being busy when I try to umount it:
> 
> if I pwd I find that I am currently in /mnt/cdrom
> 
> Mike
> 
> On Monday 31 December 2001 02:25 pm, you 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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