How to Stop and Start Volume Management (vold)

Occasionally, you might want to manage media without the help of volume management. This section describes how to stop and restart volume management.

How to Stop Volume Management (vold)

1. Make sure media is not being used.

   If you are not sure whether you have found all users of the media, use the fuser command, as described in How to Find Out If Removable Media Is Still in Use.

2. Become superuser.

3. Enter the volmgt stop command.

   # /etc/init.d/volmgt stop #

How to Restart Volume Management (vold)

1. Become superuser.

2. Enter the volmgt start command.

   # /etc/init.d/volmgt start volume management starting.