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Old 05-18-2005, 06:21 AM   #1
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Ejecting Unreadable CD


How to eject unreadable CD ?

because linux is always trying to read CD although the CD is bad.
 
Old 05-18-2005, 06:33 AM   #2
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Code:
umount /mnt/cdrom
That should unmount it. Make sure you're not in cdrom when typing in the command. Then type in eject or just press the eject button on your CD-Rom.
 
Old 05-18-2005, 06:35 AM   #3
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On the command line...

eject /mnt/cdrom

Modify the path if the cdrom is elsewhere (eg: on Ubuntu it's either /cdrom0 or /media/cdrom)

If that fails then try the same as root.
 
Old 05-18-2005, 11:02 AM   #4
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tried that. no respond. all i get is hdd bad media sector something error.

driveseek error.
 
Old 05-18-2005, 01:01 PM   #5
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hdd, is that your cdrom or are you saying its your hard disk drive because the driveseek error is for a hard drive.

I have had the {drive seek error} status on my hard drive which I am currently trying to fix:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=89409

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Old 05-19-2005, 03:52 AM   #6
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Nope. /dev/hdd IS my dvd-rom drive. Yes, it's true. i got all that error message. b

bad media error.

driveseek error,.

and so on.

The only way to overcome it, is to force eject the drive via pin.

any other solution ?
 
Old 05-19-2005, 05:51 AM   #7
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Don't put that CD-Rom in there? :P Just kidding.

--Abid Kazmi
 
  


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