[NCLUG] umount cdrom when it says busy

[cjay]

Have you tried this "fuser -k /mnt/cdrom;umount /mnt/cdrom"?
fuser should kill any processes that are associated with the mount /mnt/cdrom.

>===== Original Message From nclug at nclug.org =====
>Hey,
>
>How can I force umount of /mnt/cdrom when it tells me the device is
>busy? No, I'm no longer in /mnt/cdrom. I remember someone showing me how
>to do something in /proc, but I can't remember what we did (2 years ago).
>
>Also, umount -f doesn't work.
>
>thanks,
>
>   Paul
>
>
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