[plug] device is busy

Kai vk6ksj at siwa.com.au
Fri Apr 20 10:50:38 WST 2001


Either that and or, as root:
umount /dev/cdrom

Steve Grasso wrote:
> 
> 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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