Unable to eject boot cd during kickstart install

[John Summerfield]

dwight at supercomputer.org wrote:
> Lest there be any confusion, I didn't write the stuff attributed to 
> me (the first indented ">"); that belongs to John. No doubt due to a 
> simple typing error.
> 
>    -dwight-

Now I am confused. Please write directly below text you attribute to me 
and about which you see some confusion. I don't see anything I wrote 
that you'd be keen to disown, and I don't see anything I wrote that I'm 
especially keen to either claim or disclaim. Aside from spelling errors. 
I see "bts" where I intended "btw."

> 
> On Thursday 14 February 2008 03:57:01 am John Summerfield wrote:
>> dwight at supercomputer.org wrote:
>>
>> I'm forking a thread on ks, because it illustrates something
>> that's been on my mind for a while.
>>
>> When I boot CD to net install (which I suppose the OP is doing coz
>> otherwise it doesn;t make sense to head for other parts, media in
>> hand), I'd like it to spit the CD out as soon as it's not
>> required.
>>
>> Normally, I use PXE but just sometimes, I might boot from CD and
>> then install off a good ADSL connexion. Taking the CD ensures
>> there won't be an install loop. Waiting for it's tedious.
>>
>>
>> bts I've just been testing PX+KS (CentOS5.1) on a 3yo or so
>> Pentium IV. Takes a little less than 15 minutes, about what RHHL
>> 7.2-3 took on Pentium IIs fdr a similar install.
>>
>> In contrast, XP's equivalent takes around an hour and despite the
>> .SIF file (equivalent to the ks) it insists asking more question.
>> And then it's ready to install the applications such as office
>> software.
>>
>> Good Work JK (who I think's been on it all that time) and crew.
>>
>>> It sounds like there's some process left around which is keeping
>>> the device open. That would be the first thing I'd check. If
>>> nothing is obvious from a ps(1), then you'll have to dig deeper.
>>>
>>> lsof(1) and/or an `fuser -v` are typically used to track this
>>> down. The trouble is that these aren't available from the F2
>>> virtual terminal. I'm going from memory at the moment, but I'm
>>> pretty certain this is the case.
>>>
>>> To use these utilities, you'll have to do something like the
>>> following:
>>>    1. chroot /mnt/system
>>>    2. mount  up /sys (Check fstab, it would be something like
>>> mount -t sysfs /sys
>>>    3. mount up /proc
>>>    4. /sbin/start_udev
>>>
>>> You should then be able to use lsof and/or fuser.
>>>
>>> You can also now do all sorts of other nifty things.
>>>
>>> Note that to exit this environment cleanly, you have to clean up
>>> in the reverse order. Starting will killing the udevd daemon.
>>>
>>> Hope that helps.
>>>
>>>    -dwight-
>>>
>>> On Wednesday 13 February 2008 06:55:13 am Peter Schwenk wrote:
>>>> I've been using kickstart installs with Fedora and CentOS for
>>>> quite a while now.  I boot the system with a cd and enter the
>>>> appropriate command at the BOOT: prompt and away it goes.  I've
>>>> gotten used to being able to eject the cd from the system
>>>> (using the button on the drive) at the point where it is
>>>> installing packages.  For some reason, with Fedora 8 kickstart
>>>> installs the cd is locked in the drive and I cannot eject it. 
>>>> I've tried going to a virtual terminal and running 'eject
>>>> /tmp/cdrom', but it returns "Input/output error".
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to be able to take the cd with me so that I don't have
>>>> to go and retrieve it later.  Does anyone know how this can be
>>>> done? Thanks in advance for your help.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----
>>>> - Peter Schwenk
>>>> - CITA-3, Systems Administrator
>>>> - Mathematical Sciences
>>>> - University of Delaware
>>>> - schwenk _at_ math _dot_ udel _dot_ edu
>>>> - http://www.math.udel.edu/~schwenk
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