On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 15:05 -0700, Antonio Olivares wrote: > > --- Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Dear All > > > > >From time to time, my DVDs do not eject. Is there > > some way of forcing > > the disk to come out? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Paul > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > This might not be the best answer, but most cd's have > a hole in front which you can insert a paper clip and > force the cd outside. Do this when all other things > have failed, ie, > > > # umount /dev/hdc > # umount /dev/hdd > > # eject /dev/hdc > # eject /dev/hdd > > Shutdown and restart computer and when computer is > starting press cd switch to eject and take out. One must also remember that if the disk has a filesystem on it AND anyone has open files on that disk (including being "cd"d to it), then you can't eject or unmount it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - You know you've landed gear-up when it takes full power to taxi. - - -- Chuck Yeager - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
