On Saturday 01 December 2001 07:50 am, you wrote: > i recently bought a pre-built pc that has generic parts. i was able to > install mandrake on it using the cd-r/w drive, and have been using mandrake > with no problem. when i want to install new software (using the mandrake > software manager), i insert the requested cd. mandrake then asks for > another cd. when i push the eject button on the cd-r/w drive, the cd won't > eject.
You need to unmount the cd before you can eject it. If you are using KDE there's an easy way to do this (I discuss it below). But the surefire way of working no matter what your configuration is to type "umount /mnt/cdrom" as root in a terminal. If it is your second cd drive then type "umount /mnt/cdrom2". > there's no icon on the mandrake desktop for these devices either... > Which window manager are you using? If it's KDE, right click on the desktop. Then select "create new" then "CDROM device" In the window that pops up, give the cdrom a name (say "DVD drive"). Then go to the device tab and from the drop down menu select which cd drive you want (for your first cd drive, it should say "/dev/hdx (/mnt/cdrom)" where hdx could be hda, hdb, hdc, etc... Now right click on the cd icon and select "eject" as needed. Matt _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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