From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261623AbVGZFLf (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jul 2005 01:11:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261732AbVGZFLf (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jul 2005 01:11:35 -0400 Received: from adsl-68-248-193-223.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net ([68.248.193.223]:25868 "EHLO mail.domedata.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261623AbVGZFJg (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jul 2005 01:09:36 -0400 From: tabris To: Puneet Vyas Subject: Re: PROBLEM:Machine hangs on pulling out USB cd writer on laptop. Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 01:09:20 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1 Cc: Alejandro Bonilla , Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <42E58483.2050602@gmail.com> <42E57ACD.8070909@linuxwireless.org> <42E5927B.20506@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <42E5927B.20506@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart6131753.5pPa2rdn8g"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200507260109.31579.tabris@tabris.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --nextPart6131753.5pPa2rdn8g Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Monday 25 July 2005 9:31 pm, Puneet Vyas wrote: > Alejandro Bonilla wrote: > > Puneet Vyas wrote: > >> PS : I am not even sure if I am "allowed" to pull out the writer > >> like this. Am I supposed to "stop" the device first or something? > > > > You are supoused to unmount the volume. Try it. umount /dev/cdrom ? > > Make sure that is it not in use, then unload it. > > New versions of gnome and so have the option to right click the > > loaded device and then to unmount. > > > > It should never hang. Does it hang with the floppy when removed? > > 1. When I did umount /dev/cdrom it says - "umount: /dev/hdc is not > mounted (according to mtab)" at present, you cannot unmount a device, you have to unmount the=20 mountpoint. Although 'unmount by device' might be a useful feature, it=20 isn't currently supported. it probably is something like /mnt/cdrom. however, this varies by=20 distro and other factors. > 2. Yes > > Thanks, > Puneet =2D-=20 * Overfiend ponders doing an NMU of asclock, in which he simply changes =20 the extended description to "If you bend over and put your head between =20 your legs, you can read the time off your assclock." Overfiend: go to bed. --nextPart6131753.5pPa2rdn8g Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBC5cWLgbFCivvqDfQRAo+BAJ9Volg2Q2v47DpOt/rwFYZ8VK+grwCgkmhc XKKv8cjuRNHJmviAKRcW8dQ= =GL1q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart6131753.5pPa2rdn8g--