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Re: how can I eject my cdrom?



Few details I skipped are:
- the cdrom used to work fine, so it ain't no symlink problem.
  when I tried to mount it it made a 'click' and locked the tray, so electricity
  is flowing fine.
- The bloudy thing was never mounted successfully. for umount I get:
  umount: /mnt/cdrom is not mounted (according to mtab)

So, anyone knows of an "unlock cdrom" command line?

	Thanks,
		Dan.

> 
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2001, Dan Kenigsberg wrote about "how can I eject my cdrom?":
> > which might be true indeed, but since then I cannot eject the disk - not by
> > eject /mnt/cdrom, not by hand, nor by screwdriver.
> 
> I'm assuming your /dev/cdrom file is ok. What is it linked to? E.g., if
> your you have IDE CD-ROM drive connected as the master of the second IDE
> interface, then /dev/cdrom should be a symbolic link to /dev/hdc (or be
> a device with the same major/minor as /dev/hdc).
> 
> > The relevant line in fstab is
> > /dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              iso9660 noauto,user,ro       0 0
> > 
> > Any idea how to let my cd go? (without rebooting, that is)
> 
> Did you remember to unmount the drive first? check (with "mount") that it
> is no longer mounted.
> 
> After the CD is not busy and not mounted, you should even be able to eject it
> with the "eject" button that most CD drives have. Did you try that?
> 
> > P.S. I know that at least one member of this list suspects that I inserted a
> > 5.25" floppy into my cd drive. I can assure him that this is not the case.
> 
> Yes, that was my first suspicion ;)
> Dan, what did you stick into the drive this time?? :)
> 
> 
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> Nadav Har'El                        |    Saturday, Oct 13 2001, 27 Tishri 5762
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