Re: PROBLEM:Machine hangs on pulling out USB cd writer on laptop.

Puneet Vyas
2005-07-26T01:31:48Z

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)"
2. Yes

Thanks,
Puneet