ok I tryed the mount command i got back no errors when I typed mount /mnt/cdrom
here is my mtab file /dev/hda5 / ext3 rw 0 0 none /proc proc rw 0 0 none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs rw 0 0 none /dev devfs rw 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda8 /home ext3 rw 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount rw,sync,dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda9 /tmp ext2 rw 0 0 /dev/hda6 /usr ext3 rw 0 0 /dev/hda7 /var ext3 rw 0 0 none /mnt/cdrom supermount ro,dev=/dev/hdc,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 > > From: Bryan Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/02/05 Thu PM 06:05:18 EST > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Eject dvd > > On Thursday 05 February 2004 04:05 pm, David Sexton wrote: > > Bryan > > > > I have tryed alreday using umount /mnt/cdrom and got back no errors but > > still can not eject it > > > > I have been using the command eject /mnt/cdrom > > but get same error I posted earyler > > > > I also tryed eject /mnt/hdc > > Okay, well assuming that you are using ide-scsi emulation for your DVD device, > then /dev/hdc would probably not work. The actual device would probably be > listed in fstab as /dev/scd0 or something along that line. Have you tried to > actually issue a mount /mnt/cdrom to see if that works. If so, it would > confirm that the drive is not mounted, if you get an error, it might help to > troubleshoot the problem. > > Do you happen to have a copy of the fstab that I could look at, especially the > line related to the dvd device. Also, just off hand, have you tried > restarting to eliminate an actual hardware fault on the dvd device? In other > words, restart Linux and see if the eject button works while the OS is not > active. If we confirm that there is no hardware problem, we can then try to > figure out why the eject command is not working. Sometimes eliminating > possibilities is the quickest path to a solution. > -- > Bryan Phinney > Software Test Engineer > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > >
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