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

[Ronan Cunniffe]

Niall O Broin wrote:
> On 23 Nov 2006, at 11:18, Kae Verens wrote:
>
>> Niall O Broin wrote:
>>> Other than that, it's reboot time. I've had this happen before. I 
>>> want a new switch added to umount to mean  unmount it NOW and fuck 
>>> the begrudgers
>>
>> /me points Niall at the source. -->
>
> I really don't know that that would help though. I suspect that there 
> would be deep kernel magic needed to do this, and even then, it would 
> be bad - playing fast and loose with the fundamentals.
Yep.  The driver has to to tell appropriate lies upstairs when the 
hardware disappears, a.k.a. hot-plug, otherwise it's Happy Yanking Of 
Device For Great Implosion!  And hot-plug is hard....

Ronan