On 9/27/05, Saurabh Nanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > # considering your cdrom is mounted somewhere on /mnt/cdrom > > lsof | grep cdrom > > > > kill -9 <pid> > But even this solution is a workaround! The CD driver should give up > after some time and throw an error!
Cant say what's the default read timeout for cdrom's. But yes, this will surely kill the reading process. I use this almost everyday :-) -- regards, makuchaku --- http://makuchaku.info When you speak out with the courage of your convictions, people listen! -- Valmik Thapar, Wildlife Conservationist. _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ Event: Freedel 2005, 17th & 18th September, 2005 - http://freedel.in
