[plug] device is busy
Steve Grasso
steveg at calm.wa.gov.au
Fri Apr 20 10:11:36 WST 2001
Hi Jamie,
On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Jamie Adair wrote:
> After installing to numerous workstations via server cdrom I attempt to
> unmount the cd but get "can't eject - device is busy" type message. What's
> the easiest way to then remove the cd?
Easiest way is to use a screwdriver.....
better way is to use fuser -vm /dev/cdrom and either kill the process using
the cdrom or su to the user using the cdrom and release it.
(Or use fuser -km /dec/cdrom to immediately kill the process(es) accessing the
cdrom)
Regards,
Steve
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