[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi All. Can anyone help with this? I get the message > /devhdc already mounted or /cdrom busy > when I try to mount the cdrom. Tried top, fuser and ps l to try and find out > the pid to kill whatever process is using cdrom but nothing. > Is the only way to reboot or is there another way? > Any and all help appreciated.
To list the process ID's for all users accessing /dev/hdc : lsof /dev/hdc If you simply want to terminate them "right-off" : lsof -t /dev/hdc | kill -9 Cheers, -- Howard Mann Online Troubleshooting Resources: HOWTO http://www.newbielinux.com http://www.xmission.com/~howardm/t1.html