MY cd drive wont open! QUICK

Jmcatch742 · 11-20-2004, 10:46 PM

I put a cd in my drive but now i cant get it out! help! It wont open when i press the open button and i dont want to try and force it, can somebody help? is there like an unmaount command

Psycho · 11-20-2004, 10:51 PM

umount /mnt/cdrom Adjust the location to fit...

--glenn

The_JinJ · 11-20-2004, 10:52 PM

umount /mnt/cdrom

are you sure it's a problem with the OS?

Zuggy · 11-21-2004, 02:37 AM

When I first started using Fedora Core I had this problem and panicked. It's definitely unmount /mnt/cdrom

Linux doesn't allow mounted disk drives to be removed. Don't ask me why, it just doesn't.

chakkerz · 11-21-2004, 05:07 AM

if you have a file browser open, odds are it will tell you the drive is busy., similarly if anything pointing to the drive (or mount point) because you loaded something from it (say a document, which is still open).

Incidentally, that includes (as i still overlook from time to time) the command prompt of the shell, if you are in /mnt/cdrom/ and tell it to umount it won't.

proudclod · 11-21-2004, 08:06 AM

You can just rightclick the CD icon on the desktop, and select Eject.

ror · 11-21-2004, 08:59 AM

because everyone has a desktop with icons

jonr · 11-21-2004, 10:05 AM

If umount /mnt/cdrom (or whatever the location of the drive happens to be) doesn't work, try

Code:

umount -l /mnt/cdrom (or whatever)

This "lazy" unmount will work even if the device is thought to be "busy," while a plain umount won't.

Jmcatch742 · 11-21-2004, 10:16 AM

It just always says its busy and i dont have a file manager running! na no icons for me

ror · 11-21-2004, 10:41 AM

check which processes might be using it, and double check you dind't leave a screen session or a shell behind a su cd'd onto the dir.

or you could just force it.

jonr · 11-21-2004, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jmcatch742
It just always says its busy and i dont have a file manager running! na no icons for me

Did you try "umount -l [wherever it is]" and it STILL won't eject after that? It always works for me.

Haiyadragon · 11-21-2004, 01:37 PM

Try "fuser /mnt/cdrom". It will show all processes currently using /mnt/cdrom. Then kill all those processes and try to eject again "eject /mnt/cdrom". Make sure your working dir isn't /mnt/cdrom.