RE: Can't eject CD

From: Steven Jones (Steven.Jones_at_vuw.ac.nz)
Date: 12/07/04

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    To: "John Fleming" <john@wa9als.com>, <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
    
    

    do a fuser on the cdrive look for the process that "holds" it and stop/kill it.

    man fuser for details

    regards

    Steven
    aka thing

    -----Original Message-----
    From: John Fleming [mailto:john@wa9als.com]
    Sent: Tuesday, 7 December 2004 11:28 a.m.
    To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
    Subject: Can't eject CD

    Pse help newbie - My CD/RW lite is on, and I can't eject the CD. I really
    don't want to reboot just for this. My device is ATAPI:0,0,0. I've tried
    cdrecord -eject to no avail. Any help please?

    Debian Sarge

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