cdrom doesn't open??????

i_is_cat · 06-14-2003, 01:54 AM

ok this probably sounds stupid to a lot of you but why the hell doesn't linux let cd drives open when you push the button on them? in previous redhat versions i had to right click the icon and click eject and NOW i am using redhat 9 and among many other problems THERES NO FREAKING EJECT! am i stupid?? i mean wtf is going on? a lot of people have told me redhat 9 is far better than 7.2 and 7.3 but the way things are going i might just switch back this sucks

trickykid · 06-14-2003, 02:03 AM

If its mounted and your accessing, you can't eject as its busy. You either have to umount it first or type eject at the command line to eject the cd.

carlywarly · 06-14-2003, 02:04 AM

One of my pet likes about Mandrake is supermount...but you can open a terminal and issue the command eject /dev/cdrom or whatever the device is. You may need to first issue the command umount /dev/cdrom.

dejan_j · 06-14-2003, 05:22 AM

try typing this in console

eject /dev/cdrom

(work in red hat)

lokee · 06-14-2003, 06:47 AM

typing just 'eject' also works.