Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-25 Thread James Vahn
J Merritt wrote: > Recently I ran 'apt-cdrom add /dev/cdrom' to add > repository index to Synaptic. The disc would not eject > even after apt-cdrom had unmounted it. I did a 'umount > /dev/cdrom' and it said the device was not mounted, of > course. It would not eject, period. As a workaround, try

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting and umount -l

2005-10-25 Thread Justin Guerin
On Sunday 23 October 2005 12:04, J Merritt wrote: > OK, the lazy unmount via 'umount -l' worked. I was > able to unmount and re-mount two different discs. No > problems reported. I take it this is something that > should not be done under normal circumstances? Is > there any issue with using lazy u

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-25 Thread Justin Guerin
On Sunday 23 October 2005 09:08, J Merritt wrote: > > On Monday 17 October 2005 17:19, J Merritt wrote: [snip] > --- Justin Guerin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You should check out the fuser command. The -m > > switch may help. Once you > > figure out which process is accessing the mounted > >

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting and umount -l

2005-10-23 Thread J Merritt
OK, the lazy unmount via 'umount -l' worked. I was able to unmount and re-mount two different discs. No problems reported. I take it this is something that should not be done under normal circumstances? Is there any issue with using lazy unmount (I assume it's called lazy for a reason)?

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-23 Thread J Merritt
> On Monday 17 October 2005 17:19, J Merritt wrote: > > >> So what I do > is shell out, su, and > > 'mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom'. This works fine > for reading a single CD > > or DVD. However, after I enter the command, it > will not allow me to > > 'umount /dev/cdrom'. It keeps saying the devi

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-18 Thread Adam Hardy
Justin Guerin on 18/10/05 16:31, wrote: On Monday 17 October 2005 17:19, J Merritt wrote: I like the way k3b works on the Debian side. Better than how it works on the Mandrake side. In Debian, however, I'm having a problem that I'm sure has a simple solution. I do not have automount enabled. I'm

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-18 Thread Justin Guerin
On Monday 17 October 2005 17:19, J Merritt wrote: > I have been using Debian for about 2 months now after having used > Mandrakelinux 10.1 for a much longer time. In Mandrake, the DVD/CD-writer > will automount and auto-unmount whenever you insert or eject DVD/CD > media. It has other issues, howev

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-17 Thread Ms Linuz
Charlie wrote: On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:19:54 -0700 (PDT) J Merritt considered, crafted and sent: |--- I have been using Debian for about 2 months now after having used Mandrakelinux 10.1 for a much longer time. In Mandrake, the DVD/CD-writer will automount and auto-unmount whenever yo

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-17 Thread Charlie
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:19:54 -0700 (PDT) J Merritt considered, crafted and sent: >|--- I have been using Debian for about 2 months now after having used Mandrakelinux 10.1 for a much longer time. In Mandrake, the DVD/CD-writer will automount and auto-unmount whenever you insert or eject DVD/CD me

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-17 Thread J Merritt
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Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-17 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 04:19:54PM -0700, J Merritt wrote: > I have been using Debian for about 2 months now after having used > Mandrakelinux 10.1 for a much longer time. In Mandrake, the > DVD/CD-writer will automount and auto-unmount whenever you insert or > eject DVD/CD media. It has other issu

/dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-17 Thread J Merritt
I have been using Debian for about 2 months now after having used Mandrakelinux 10.1 for a much longer time. In Mandrake, the DVD/CD-writer will automount and auto-unmount whenever you insert or eject DVD/CD media. It has other issues, however.   I like the way k3b works on the Debian side. Better