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From: Amin <raihan@citech-bd.com>
Subject: Re: /cdrom fails to unmount
Date: 22 Jul 2003 21:44:48 +0600
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Dan Zlotnikov <dzlotnik@perpugilliam.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> writes:

> umount /cdrom
> umount: /cdrom: device is busy
> Or in other words, "*$^! you!"
> 
> No processes that I could identify suggested themselves as the visible
> culprit. Rebooting works, but killing the x-session doesn't.
> 
> Help, anyone?
> 
> Dan

You could try a lazy unmount:

$ umount -l /cdrom

Cheers,
Yawar Amin
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