Error Unmounting CD Drive

Pedro Fernandes Macedo webmaster at margo.bijoux.nom.br
Tue Jan 20 04:45:10 UTC 2004


Tristan Brynildsen wrote:

> I am a linux newbie and have a CDRW/DVD combo drive and when I try to 
> unmount a CD after using an RPM or other file from it (excluding 
> copying a file to hard drive) says “error: cannot unmount. Drive in 
> use” even though there is no other processes running or anything using 
> the drive, how can I stop this so that I can unmount it. Is there 
> anyway to force an unmount? Thanks!
>
>  
>
> *Tristan Brynildsen*
>
> tristanb at slingshot.co.nz
>
> tristanb2004 at msn.com
>

As root , try to use "lsof /mnt/cdrom" . This will show if the cdrom is 
really busy and which processes are using it... Then you can find the 
process that's using it and close it (if it's not responding , kill it...)

Pedro Macedo





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