Cant umount cdrom

Hi everybody

I have this "funny" problem with my cdrom. I can mount and view any cd but when I try to umount the cd from the cdrom, I keep getting "Device Resouce busy"

I have tried as root the following:

umount cdrom
umount /cdrom
umount -f /cdrom
umount -n /cdrom

I have the same result "device is busy" for all of this commands

Did you change directory to the cdrom? I know it sounds obvious, but I've tried it before. You can't umount the cdrom if you've cd'ed into it's directory structure. As root, try

Code:

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cd /
umount /dev/cdrom

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Hope this helps,

BR

BR, thanks for your response. However, I have tried to change directory and issued the command from root directory (/) with the same result "Device Busy"

Any other idea, anybody?

Alfredo

Someting still has the cdrom directory open. If you have a file manager open or an app that is accessing the cdrom drive it won't umount.

Try this:

mount

Where is the drive mounted? Should be on /cdrom but you never know. You can umount the device itself or the mount point.

umount /cdrom

umount /dev/cdrom

umount /dev/hdb

shut any app that might use/view/access files on the hdd. konqueror...

ok, I issued the comand "mount" and I get the following:

"/dev/cdrom on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,nohide)"

Also, on my gnome desktop there is a cdrom icon with the name of my cd

I tried the command you mention but again the same result "device busy"


more ideas?

Thanks

Try the "lazy" command: umount -l /cdrom (that's an "el" not a "one")