"modprobe -r cdrom" error.

zius_oram · #1 (**permalink**) 03-22-2009

hello all,
i used modprobe -r usb-storage its working properly but when i use the same command with cdrom module as modprobe -r cdrom it is giving error as Fatal error:module cdrom in use, but i dont have any thing in rom and not using it.
thanx.

TonyFullerMalv · #2 (**permalink**) 03-22-2009

You could try running something like:

Code:

# fuser -m /dev/cdrom

Which would list all the process that are accessing /dev/cdrom or else confirm that nothing is using it?

zius_oram · #3 (**permalink**) 03-23-2009

tried with "fuser -m /dev/cdrom" it is not giving any results.

TonyFullerMalv · #4 (**permalink**) 03-23-2009

It has occurred to me that you may have a line in /etc/fstab that mounts cdroms automatically, perhaps using kudzu, it may be that you have to comment out any cdrom lines in /etc/fstab and reboot before you will be able to remove the cdrom module from the kernel.

zius_oram · #5 (**permalink**) 03-24-2009

the contents on my /etc/fstab file are

/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /
LABEL=/boot /boot
devpts /dev/pts
tmpfs /dev/shm
proc /proc
sysfs /sys

TonyFullerMalv · #6 (**permalink**) 03-24-2009

Okay, no cdrom mounts in there then!

zius_oram · #7 (**permalink**) 03-25-2009

in /home i have a anaconda.config file it mentions
install
cdrom
is it the issue?

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