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

[John A. Kinsella]

Thanks guys,
I had just found it with Google!

I had looked for a solution before and not found one.

And fuser has been around for a while too!

Thanks again,

john

Paul Mc Auley said in an email sent on 23/11/06 11:08 that:
> On Thursday 23 November 2006 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...
> 
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>>I have read in info pages for umount.
> 
> 
>>Any tips on how to find the process that is keeping the file system busy?
> 
> 
> fuser -m /mnt/cdrom
> 	Paul
> 

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