RE: [newbie] [OT]:CD tray doesn't eject
On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 01:25, Sabin, Matthew wrote: There's always the shove an un-bent paperclip ito the eject hole method. Poke a paper clip into the hole while the system's off and it will release and force open the tray. Stick in your Mandrake CD and go. If you still can't eject after an OS is running and every thing else is right, your drive may need replacing. --Matthew Open a terminal and type: killall -KILL fam Once that's done, type: eject You might be surprised at the results, mate. -- Fri Aug 8 09:20:00 EST 2003 09:20:00 up 4 days, 13:08, 1 user, load average: 1.30, 1.06, 1.09 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * The answer to the question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is... Four day work week, Two ply toilet paper! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT]:CD tray doesn't eject
Ok Guys, I made the HD SINGLE on Primary IDE and CD-ROM as master on Secondary IDE. Everything isworking now. Thanks. KeshavYahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience
Re: [newbie] [OT]:CD tray doesn't eject
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 -- °°° Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] [OT]:CD tray doesn't eject
You mean the black color conector on the cable on a ultra cable. -Original Message- From: Marc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 8:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] [OT]:CD tray doesn't eject On Thursday 07 August 2003 08:03 am, 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 Can you try setting the CD drive up as master on the second IDE channel. I have set up at least 50 machines that way and never had the problems that you describe. If all you are using is 1 CD drive and 1 HDD things should run faster using 1 drive on each IDE channel. Make sure both drives are set as master. Make sure that any drive set as master is at the end of the IDE cable. If you still have problems try the eject button every couple of seconds after starting the machine. Marc KM5KW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT]:CD tray doesn't eject
On Thursday 07 August 2003 08:03 am, 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 Can you try setting the CD drive up as master on the second IDE channel. I have set up at least 50 machines that way and never had the problems that you describe. If all you are using is 1 CD drive and 1 HDD things should run faster using 1 drive on each IDE channel. Make sure both drives are set as master. Make sure that any drive set as master is at the end of the IDE cable. If you still have problems try the eject button every couple of seconds after starting the machine. Marc KM5KW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT]:CD tray doesn't eject
On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 14:29, Miark wrote: On 08 Aug 2003 09:22:54 +1000, Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Open a terminal and type: killall -KILL fam Once that's done, type: eject You might be surprised at the results, mate. I don't see any fam with ps ax. What is it? Miark fam is a daemon (or demon) that sits in the background and watches file changes...it's locked me up a few times and that's been the trick - other than firing up VMWare and forcing the tray open with WinXP - or worse yet - A REBOOT...(eeesh...) -- Fri Aug 8 17:20:00 EST 2003 17:20:00 up 4 days, 21:08, 1 user, load average: 1.04, 1.20, 1.15 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * A chronic disposition to inquiry deprives domestic felines of vital qualities. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT]:CD tray doesn't eject
On 08 Aug 2003 17:21:33 +1000, Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: fam is a daemon (or demon) that sits in the background and watches file changes...it's locked me up a few times and that's been the trick - other than firing up VMWare and forcing the tray open with WinXP - or worse yet - A REBOOT...(eeesh...) A while ago I pushed the tray closed on my burner, and before it closed all the way, it just died. Didn't close. Eject button didn't work. Eject command didn't work. Reset command didn't work. Just nuthin'. I thought my burner had given up the ghost for a minute, but when I rebooted it came back to life. I don't know if it happened because I pushed the tray instead of using the button or what. But I _do_ use the button to close it every time, now :-) Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT]:CD tray doesn't eject
On Friday 08 August 2003 04:28 am, Tadimeti Keshav wrote: Ok Guys, I made the HD SINGLE on Primary IDE and CD-ROM as master on Secondary IDE. Everything is working now. Thanks. Keshav It should run a bit faster that way also. From what I understand when ever there is a CD reading from or writing to a HDD on the same IDE channel it is to much data going back and forth on the same cable and the data being exchanged from 1 drive to another will have to be temperarly stored before being sent back to the other drive. By using drives on 2 separate IDE channels it is more of a smooth constant flow with a small but noticeable increase in speed. Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT]:CD tray doesn't eject
On 08 Aug 2003 09:22:54 +1000, Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Open a terminal and type: killall -KILL fam Once that's done, type: eject You might be surprised at the results, mate. I don't see any fam with ps ax. What is it? Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
