My floppy/cdrom device says "device busy". What do I do?
The Volume Manager (vold) is probably holding the device open. You canaccess a floppy through the volume manager by typing "volcheck" and looking
in /floppy/*. CD-ROMs don't require volcheck; just insert one and the
volume manager should automatically notice, and mount it under /cdrom/*.
Unmount by typing "eject floppy" or "eject cdrom", respectively. The
Volume Manager can be configured by editing /etc/vold.conf.
If you need to access a floppy or CD-ROM special device, however, you may
need to turn off the volume manager. As root, type "/etc/init.d/volmgt
stop". To turn it back on, type "/etc/init.d/volmgt start".
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