[plug] device is busy

Bill Kenworthy billk at iinet.net.au
Fri Apr 20 18:15:35 WST 2001


Dont forget nfs - once you remote mount it, nfs seems to refuse to let
it go, despite mount -f supposedly fixing the problem.  I have to do a
restart of nfs then it lets go!

BillK

Kai wrote:
> 
> 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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