[Gllug] not your average newbie question...

Alain Williams addw at phcomp.co.uk
Mon Mar 22 10:24:09 UTC 2004


On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 10:21:41AM +0000, daniel.booth wrote:
> ok newbie time... I have a cd stuck in the cd rom and when doing a 
> "mount" cmd i get this strange looking result.
> (see below)
> 
> /dev/cdrom on /mnt/cdrom type iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev,user=danny)
> /dev/sda1 on /home/danny/USBflash type vfat (rw,uid=500,gid=500)
> /dev/cdrom on /mnt/cdrom type udf,iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev)
> /dev/cdrom on /mnt/cdrom type udf,iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev)
> 
> it says i have 3 mounts on the cd rom... when i have only monuted to my 
> knowledge once.
> the main problem is getting the cd out. but how and why this happened 
> would be useful.
> 
> i have tried the # umount /mnt/cdrom  and # umount /mnt/cdrom -f cmd's 
> but still no joy..
> I am presented with..
> 
> umount2: Device or resource busy
> umount: /mnt/cdrom: device is busy
> umount2: Device or resource busy
> umount: /mnt/cdrom: device is busy
> umount2: Device or resource busy
> umount: /mnt/cdrom: device is busy
> 
> I do not have the rom open anywhere.

What does 'fuser' tell you ?

> It will allow me to browse the cd so the rom is working.
> I just can't get it out. ( no jokes!!) please advise.
> 
> thnX Dan.
> 
> 
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