On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Michael Chopek wrote:
> Hi folks;
>
> At 08:45 AM 8/9/99 -0600, you wrote:
>
> >type
> >mount /mnt/cdrom
> >or
> >mount /mnt/floppy
>
> I did this last night and it seemed to work fine for me...
>
> >you will need to unmount them before you can eject them,
> >type
> >umount /mnt/whatever
>
> ...but then I could not get the CD out of the drive no how...
>
> When I tried to use..
>
> unmount /mnt/cdrom
>
> I would get a message back from BASH saying something like..
>
> "unknown command - unmount"
>
> I tried as both user and SU, and could not get the CD to open... :-/
>
> If I tried to click on the desktop icon, and right click to unmount..
> it said "device is busy" or some such error.
>
> What am I doing wrong....as I eventually wound up rebooting and then
> pulling the CD out when it started...not good for the penguin..I'm sure.
Not unmount, umount no N.. you also need to not be within the /mnt/cdrom
tree or accessing any of it's files, so do a 'cd' with no options and you
should return to your homedir ~
> - thanks for your time -
>
> --
> best regards
> -michael
>
> Michael Chopek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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