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[ILUG] faq: how to umount a cdrom without rebooting?

[ILUG] faq: how to umount a cdrom without rebooting?

Niall O Broin niall at linux.ie
Thu Nov 23 11:14:57 GMT 2006


On 23 Nov 2006, at 11:06, John A. Kinsella wrote:

> Usual kinda thing: Linux wont let me umount a cdrom - I've done a  
> (lazy) umount -l but (of course) still cannot eject the cdrom.
>
> I want to use the drive.
>
> I dont want to reboot...
>
> I have read in info pages for umount.
>
> Any tips on how to find the process that is keeping the file system  
> busy?

Have you tried lsof and fuser?

Other than that, it's reboot time. I've had this happen before. I  
want a new switch added to umount to mean  unmount it NOW and fuck  
the begrudgers


Niall






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