On 5/13/06, Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >From time to time, my DVDs do not eject. Is there > > some way of forcing > > the disk to come out? > > This might not be the best answer, but most cd's have > a hole in front which you can insert a paper clip and > force the cd outside. Do this when all other things > have failed, ie, > > > # umount /dev/hdc > # umount /dev/hdd > > # eject /dev/hdc > # eject /dev/hdd > > Shutdown and restart computer and when computer is > starting press cd switch to eject and take out. One must also remember that if the disk has a filesystem on it AND anyone has open files on that disk (including being "cd"d to it), then you can't eject or unmount it.
I thank all for the helpful information. Paul -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
