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Re: how can I eject my cdrom?
Hi Dan,
On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 12:08:46AM +0200, Dan Kenigsberg wrote:
> 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?
I believe it has been discussed here before.
Anyway, the solution might be setcd. STFW. At least Debian has it.
I am not sure it can solve your problem after the lock (now), but
it can in the future - it can prevent 'lock at mount'.
>
> 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?? :)
> >
> >
> > --
> > Nadav Har'El | Saturday, Oct 13 2001, 27 Tishri 5762
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> >
>
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