Re: [newbie] [OT]:CD tray doesn't eject

[Lyvim Xaphir]

On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 08:03, Tadimeti Keshav wrote:
> Hi all,
> I just bought a EIDE Western Digital Caviar (I think it is also called
> Ultra ATA) and made it the master. The ATAPI Sony CD-ROM is the slave.
>  
> After boot, I get the obvious message - device not ready.
> The problem is that I am not able to eject the CD tray (so that I can
> begin Mandrake installation).
>  
> Motherboard = D815EEA
> Processor    = PIII 866 MHz
>  
> I am able to see both the ATAPI CD-ROM & Hard Disk in the BIOS.
> Has anyone faced this problem before? Any help will be appreciated.
> Thanks
> Keshav
> 

Try running the Western Digital as a single device on the bus rather
than master.  Leave the CDROM as slave.  Give that a shot and see what
happens.

LX
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