On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 21:33, Paul Ionescu wrote: > echo 0 > /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/lock > # this will prevent locking the cd door while mounted > mount /mnt/cdrom ; cd /mnt/cdrom ; vi some_file_on_cd > #this will make the cd busy and unable to unmount normaly > NOW press the eject button on the cd. > The cd is ejected BUT the filesystem is still mounted which is bad. > The solution is to "umount -l /dev/cdrom" which should work if you have > a kernel >= 2.4.11, and I bet you have it. Yep, 2.4.23. Thanks alot Paul, that's going to help me get out of a pickle or two I'll bet. Actually, my biggest problem is fam which seems to love latching onto my CD's (even though they're RO of course) and I regularly have to restart fam to eject my CD. _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
