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re: umount:/cdrom: device is busy.



Hallo Alan,

The same thing happened to me when I tried to unmount the cdrom while at
the same time my default directory is /cdrom or one of its subdirectories.

Make sure that you are in / when trying to unmount.

Johann.

>This happens to me quite often: a floppy or a cd isn't being accessed,
>but I cannot unmount it: umount gives the error I have indicated.

>Is there any way to find out what process or which xterm might be
>accessing or sitting on a certain device?

>Thank you to all who have made my computing journey smoother.

>Alan 

>-- 

>Alan E. Davis                 

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