Re: CDROM busy

["Noel P. Timario" <noelt pworld net ph>]

Check if it really mounted by issuing the command...

mount or df -h

This would give you data about your CD.

CDROM is busy?

Means you are trying to unmount the CDROM drive, unfortunately
you are inside in that directory.

noelt. 

On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Jose M. Sanchez wrote:

#If your CD is properly configured you should NOT be able to eject it without
#first unmounting it!
#
#Linux sends a "lock media" signal to the CD-ROM to prevent this from
#happening.
#
#If you are actually able to eject the media, something is wrong either with
#your CD, or it's settings... (a few allow you to manually modify the
#computer's ability to lock the media...)
#
#-JMS
#
#-----Original Message-----
#From: Jonas Fornander <jonas netwood net>
#To: RedHat Install <redhat-install-list redhat com>
#Date: Thursday, October 01, 1998 4:46 PM
#Subject: CDROM busy
#
#
#>Being used to Windows, I often leave the CD in the CDROM and/or change the
#>CD without umounting the drive first. So consequently when I try to read
#the
#>CDROM drive nothing shows up and I'm not able to neither umount or mount
#it.
#>
#>How do I "reset" the mounting of the CDROM drive?
#>
#>When I do "mount /mnt/cdrom" the error is:
#>mount: /dev/cdrom already mounted or /mnt/cdrom busy
#>
#>Jonas Fornander - support netwood net
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