[ILUG] mounting a cdrom again

[Cathal Garvey]

you need to unmount the drive to be able to get the cd out again ...

umount /dev/cdrom

.cg


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ilug-admin at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-admin at linux.ie]On Behalf Of
> Adrian O'sullivan
> Sent: 27 June 2000 19:42
> To: ilug at linux.ie
> Subject: [ILUG] mounting a cdrom again
> 
> 
> HI,
>     I sent this message a while ago but all my mail got backed up
>     while i was away and i had to delete it all, sorry.
>        
>  I mounted my cdrom using the command,
>                 mount /dev/cdrom
>         which seemd to work (lots of whirring noises)
>         and then mtab contained the line
>                 /dev/hdb on /mnt/cdrom type iso9660 (ro)
>         but i can't open the cdrom door. do i need to do anything
>         else?
>                 thanks, adrian o'sullivan
> 
> 
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