does someone knows how to eject a dvd/cd device?
thx
Hmmm....
Ever tried the "cdeject" command to eject a cd? See the man page on how to use it.
Save for this (obvious) solution there might be several problems which could prevent a CD drive to eject its content:
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CD is still mounted
If the filesystem on the medium is still mounted the drive won't eject it. Umount it first (man umount), then eject it. -
Unable to umount
In case you already tried 1. and didn't succeed in umounting it (probably with a "device busy" error): search for processes still accessing the filesystem and kill them. Also often seen: if your current path is somewhere on the CD-ROM drive your own login shell is the process "accessing" the filesystem - do a "cd /somewhere/else" to remedy that, tehn umount again. -
Hardware broken
Sometimes (very rarely, but it happens) the drives hardware is simply broken (or the drive been cut off from power) and it won't eject the medium therefore. Unbend a paper-clip (or use some similar device) and push into the tiny hole in front of the drive. This will unlock the spring inside and eject the drawer.
I hope this helps.
bakunin
it sure does, thx a lot