Re: ejecting cd-rom

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On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 09:55 -0500, Ralph E. Kenyon, Jr. wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 11:58:30 +0100, prioualexandre  
> <prioualexandre@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > vladuz976 wrote:
> >
> >> hi
> >> i have problems ejecting cd roms.
> >> i can mount them with mount /dev/hdc
> >> but it wont let me eject them.
> >> mount /dev/hdc
> >> eject /dev/hdc
> >> eject: unable to open `/dev/hdc'
> >>
> >> can anybody help?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >     see this cmd :
> >           df -h
> >     if you not have one ligne with : /dev/hdc , your CDROM is not mounted
> >
> >      else, execute  :
> >           cd <enter>
> >           eject /dev/hdc  or eject cdrom
> >                 but see this file : /etc/fstab
> >        for see your mount point of this device
> >
> >
> I don't know about devices, but I didn't see 'umount' before eject above.
> I can't eject my cdrom unless it's unmounted. (But I'm in Redhat 9 too.)

I can't eject mine in FC3 without a umount either.  But then, I always
unmount any volume before I move/eject/stop using it.  It's just safer.
> 
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