Thank you for the response. Perhaps I should clarify. I am using X. I have several xterms/rxvts open, and I am running several emacs frames. None of these, as far as I can tell, is connected in any way with /cdrom, neither sitting on it, nor accessing any file on the cd.
I need to fing a way to find out which processes or xterms is/are causing this association to be made? This happens once in a while, that I am NOT in that directory, but I get this message, so something is going on that is not seen by me. Alan Dan Hugo writes: > This will always happen if, for example, > > pwd > /cdrom/* > > In other words, if you are IN the directory in question, it is busy. > > Happens to me all the time as well. Same with any mounts, or if you try > to rmdir a directory you are in. > > cd /;umount /cdrom > > should work > > -dh > > > > > Alan Eugene Davis wrote: > > > > This happens to me quite often: a floppy or a cd isn't being accessed, > > but I cannot unmount it: umount gives the error I have indicated. > > > > Is there any way to find out what process or which xterm might be > > accessing or sitting on a certain device? > > > > Thank you to all who have made my computing journey smoother. > > > > Alan > > > > -- > > > > Alan E. Davis > > Marianas High School > > AAA196, Box 10001 > > Saipan, MP 96950 > > Northern Mariana Islands > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > " So that I can continue to use computers without dishonor, I have > > decided to put together a sufficient body of free software so that I > > will be able to get along without any software that is not free. " > > ---Richard Stallman > > > > -- > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
