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how can I eject my cdrom?



Hi.

I just received a (probably badly burnt) cdrom that I wanted to check out.

After a mount /mnt/cdrom I got
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
       or too many mounted file systems
       (aren't you trying to mount an extended partition,
       instead of some logical partition inside?)

which might be true indeed, but since then I cannot eject the disk - not by
eject /mnt/cdrom, not by hand, nor by screwdriver.

All I get is 
eject: device name is `/mnt/cdrom'
eject: expanded name is `/mnt/cdrom'
eject: `/mnt/cdrom' is not mounted
eject: `/dev/cdrom' can be mounted at `/mnt/cdrom'
eject: `/dev/cdrom' is not a multipartition device
eject: trying to eject `/dev/cdrom' using CD-ROM eject command
eject: CD-ROM eject command failed
eject: trying to eject `/dev/cdrom' using SCSI commands
eject: SCSI eject failed
eject: trying to eject `/dev/cdrom' using floppy eject command
eject: floppy eject command failed
eject: trying to eject `/dev/cdrom' using tape offline command
eject: tape offline command failed
eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument

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)

	Dan.


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.



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