my 5 cents here and a guess. be sure you're not viewing(eg consolse's) or using the device.. (Nautilus) i have these kind of problem before... On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 09:46, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > I frequently have this issue.. > > I pop a cd/USB 128MB 'thumb drive' into the slot, nautilus to it, copy, > paste, etc.. then I want to unmount it, nautlius will say, device is busy > (etc) and is unable to umount!!. This happens sparodically. Sometimes it's > OK, sometimes it gets crazy.. telinit 3, umount, then back to telinit 5 will > (sometimes) work. > > Any clues what's happening? > > (hmm... maybe I should check my logs.. Haven't paid close attn to it) > > ps: ps -fax | grep cd yields nothing. > > AFAIK, there are no _other_ processes using the cd/usb drive when I wanted > to umount it.. > > > > Cheers, .^. > Mun Heng, Ow /V\ > H/M Engineering /( )\ > Western Digital M'sia ^^-^^ > DID : 03-7870 5168 The Linux Advocate > > -- kent emia <kent-cdr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
