[PLUG] Optical drive driving me crazy

[Russell Senior]

>>>>> "John" == John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> writes:

>> The device /dev/sr0 is typically the first CD/DVD device found by the
>> operating system (and /dev/sr1 would be the second). All it's saying
>> (loosely) is that the device wasn't cleanly closed before eject and
>> an inode is still being "accessed" even if no available any longer by
>> some process.
>> 
>> This is why you can't mount anything new at this point with the
>> device still being "busy", according to the kernel.

John> Is there any way to fix it short of rebooting, which is a PITA?

How are you removing the disk?  Do you "unmount" it before pushing the
button on the disk drive?


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