This stops the media daemon until you use the same script with the start command to restart it. Note that if there are no devices suitable for monitoring, mediad exits./etc/init.d/mediad stop
If mediad is not running, the user must mount all removable media themselves. This would have a major impact on users who are not familiar with the mount process for CD ROM disks and floppies, which requires root privilege. Another problem is that there is no indication on the icon for the media drive to indicate what type of media is in the peripheral device. For instance, if mediad is running and there is an audio CD in the CD-ROM drive (and cdman is not running), there will be musical notes above and to the left of the CD-ROM icon.