It umount not unmount for unmounting of device.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Chopek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 09 August 1999 13:46
Subject: Re: [newbie] Accessing Floppy / CDROM Disks


>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.
>
>- thanks for your time -
>
>--
> best regards
>                             -michael
>
>Michael Chopek  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Down to Earth Development Ltd - http://www.d2earth.com/
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>

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