Eject CDROM question

[Eric Hattemer]

That would be a good place to put a CDROM in an all SCSI system.  Does
umount and then the eject button on the hardware work ok?
-Eric Hattemer
----- Original Message -----
From: "whenever" <whatever at whoever.net>
To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 7:23 AM
Subject: [luau] Re: Eject CDROM question


> 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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