On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 11:54 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > François Patte wrote: > > Mikkel L. Ellertson a écrit : > >> François Patte wrote: > >>> Bonjour, > >>> > >>> Now that there are no more entries for cd/dvd devices in fstab, > how > >>> shall proceed to umount a cd/dvd-rom (needed to blank for > instance)? > >>> > >>> graphical icon only allow to eject... > >>> > >> This is because the CD/DVD is not mounted. > > > > Of course not! If I can see the icon, it is mounted and no option > > "unmount" is proposed.... Only eject. run df to see) > > > Strange - when I insert a blank CD, I get an icon on the desktop, > but it is not mounted. A quick check my running the mount command > does not show it mounted. But if I put in a data CD, then mount will > show it mounted. > > I do not have DVDs set to automount, so I do not get any response > when I put one in. (data or blank) Mounting is a process that is aware of the format of the device or partition mounted. That is why you sometimes get a mounting error saying the device has no valid format. A blank disk has no format so by definition it can't be mounted. -- ======================================================================= Issawi's Laws of Progress: The Course of Progress: Most things get steadily worse. The Path of Progress: A shortcut is the longest distance between two points. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
