From: Kevin Fries > You probably have a terminal open that has a shell whose current working > directory is on the drive. Michael wrote: bmike1@Michael-Notebook:/mnt/dvdrw$ eject /dev/dvdrw Where is /dev/dvdrw mounted? Probably /mnt/dvdrw/ . If a process (Michael's shell) is in /mnt/dvdrw/ , then you can't umount it. So, "cd ; umount /dev/dvdrw" will probably work a lot better.... -- Matt G / Dances With Crows The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss