Device is busy

juanb · 03-24-2003, 04:56 AM

I work with Red hat 8
I issue the command eject cdrom and I recive the command " device is busy" is there a way to force the unmount ,I cant eject the cdrom In any way.

unSpawn · 03-24-2003, 05:29 AM

Execute "fuser </mountpoint/*>" or "lsof +D </mountpoint>" and you'll see which process still has files open. Close these processes and you'll be able to eject.

sidey · 03-24-2003, 06:08 AM

normally this error is caused by being in the directory at the time or if its autorunned and nautilus is open

R2RO · 04-20-2003, 05:42 PM

Yes, but I have the same problem after Nautilus is closed. And this happens with my CD, Zip100 and floppy. If I logout an then login, then the unmount works beatiful. (Redhat 7.2)

thegreatgatsby · 11-05-2003, 12:36 AM

it's a pain. I don't want to have to log in and out every time I want to remove a cd

R2RO · 11-05-2003, 07:31 AM

Now with redaht 9.0 no problem.