RE: umount question

From: Kenneth Goodwin (kgoodwin_at_datamarktech.com)
Date: 03/31/05

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Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:06:17 -0500

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: redhat-list-bounces@redhat.com
    > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Marty
    Landman
    > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 4:50 PM
    > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
    > Subject: Re: umount question
    >
    >
    > At 04:26 PM 3/30/2005, Mike Wooding wrote:
    >
    > >--- Marty Landman <MLandman@face2interface.com> wrote:
    > > > How do I get this cd unmounted?
    > > >
    > > >
    > ---------------------------------------------------------
    -----------
    > > >
    > > > [root@penguin RPMS]# umount /mnt/cdrom
    > > > umount: /mnt/cdrom: device is busy
    > > > [root@penguin RPMS]# /sbin/fuser -m /mnt/cdrom
    > > > /mnt/cdrom: 19774c 19924c
    >

    19774 and 19924 are the process id's of the programs holding
    your cdrom.

    ps -ef | grep 19774
    ps -ef | grep 19924 should quickly
    show you what they are.

    kill -9 19774
    kill -9 19924

    should eradicate the problem and let you unmount the drive. 

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