Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:
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> On Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 11:27:21AM -0400, Dick Roth wrote:
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>>Jim Perrin wrote:
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>>>It sounds like the cd is still mounted by your user. unmount the cd,
>>>then you should be able to take it out. If you're using gnome/KDE you
>>>should have a CD icon. Right click and choose unmount/eject, or from
>>>the command line 'umount /path/to/cdrom'. The path to your cdrom will
>>>most likely be /media/cdrecorder but it varies.
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>>Jim, thanks for your input. I had done each and every one of your
>>suggestions. After right-clicking on the CD icon (gnome) and clicking
>>on "Eject", I would get an error message telling me that it couldn't
>>perform the operation. Checking mounted volumes showed no CD mounted.
>>Running top didn't raise any flags on application helpers that might
>>have maintained ownership or had hooks into a process that would prevent
>>operation on the drive.
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> You might want to try:
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> fuser /mnt/cdrom
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> and
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> fuser -m /mnt/cdrom
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> These will give you some clue of what is stopping you from unmonting the
> fs.
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> Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Thank you Rodrigo!! You pointed the way...to grip, which I tend to keep
open on my desktop. It didn't appear to "own" the drive, but it was the
culprit. And now I have just added another tool (fuser) to my little
Linux toolbox.
What I love most about being a GNU/Linux user is how much I learn from
other users.
Thanks again,
Dick
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