Eject CDROM question

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Hmmm.. did you really have the CDROM on /dev/hda? Primary master? if so, then you are the first that I know :)  if not, just relink your /dev/cdrom to the correct device.

On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 11:43:20PM -1000, Ben Beeson wrote:
> Aloha all,
> 
> 	For some reason, my system will not eject a cdrom.  It worked fine
> up until today, and I can't figure it out.  Perhaps someone here can help.
> 
> Here is my /etc/fstab file:  
> 
> $ cat /etc/fstab
> /dev/sda2               /                       ext2    defaults        1 1
> /dev/sda1               /boot                   ext2    defaults        1 2
> /dev/sdb2               /home                   ext2    defaults        1 2
> /dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              iso9660 user,exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto 0 0
> /dev/sdb1               /usr                    ext2    defaults        1 2
> /dev/fd0                /mnt/floppy             auto    noauto,user     0 0
> none                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
> none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
> /dev/sdb3               swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
> /dev/sda3               swap                    swap    defaults        0 0    
> 
> Here is what the console sez when I try to eject a disk.  
> 
> $ eject -v -r cdrom
> eject: device name is `cdrom'
> eject: expanded name is `/mnt/cdrom'
> eject: `/mnt/cdrom' is not mounted
> eject: `/dev/cdrom' can be mounted at `/mnt/cdrom'
> eject: `/dev/cdrom' is not a multipartition device
> eject: unable to open `/dev/cdrom'
> 
> 
> If you try this as root, the console sez...
> 
> # eject -v -r cdrom
> eject: device name is `cdrom'
> eject: expanded name is `/dev/cdrom'
> eject: `/dev/cdrom' is a link to `/dev/hda'
> eject: `/dev/hda' is not mounted
> eject: `/dev/hda' is not a mount point
> eject: `/dev/hda' is a multipartition device
> eject: trying to eject `/dev/hda' using CD-ROM eject command
> eject: CD-ROM eject command failed
> eject: unable to eject, last error: Device or resource busy
> #        
> 
> And I know someone is going to ask this one... I am not in any directory
> related to the cdrom when I run these commands.  The kde icon for eject returns
> an error message that sez:
> 
> 	"Could not unmount
> 		Error log:
> 
> 		eject: unable to find or open device for '/dev/cdrom'
> 		The following processes have open files: 
> 
> 			CANCEL"
> 
> File permissions for /dev/cdrom are:  
> 
> [ben at VALinux ben]$ ls -la /dev/cdrom
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            8 May  5 20:49 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/hda
> [ben at VALinux ben]$      
> 
> and for /dev/hda I have:
> [ben at VALinux ben]$ ls -la /dev/hda
> brw-------    1 root     root       3,   0 May  5  1998 /dev/hda
> [ben at VALinux ben]$   
> 
> I have also tried using:
> [root at VALinux /root]# ls -la /dev/hda
> brw-------    1 root     disk       3,   0 May  5  1998 /dev/hda
> [root at VALinux /root]#  
>  
> 
> I have tried changing the listing in /etc/fstab for the cdrom to:
> /dev/hda              /mnt/cdrom             iso9660
> 		user,exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto 0 0    
> and I have tried:
> /dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              iso9660
> 		users,exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto 0 0     
> 
> The button on the cdrom drive doesn't work either unless you use the paperclip
> option.    Any ideas????
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Ben                                      
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