cdrom troubles (won't close)

[Russell Golden]

yay someone else with red hat linux 9!!!
ok try "eject -t". that's teh linux command to close the CD drive. if 
that doesn't work, then something's really up.

Marty Landman wrote:

> I've got RH9 installed with the 3 cd set a while back. Last night 
> wanted to install apache from the desktop utility and it asked for the 
> 2nd CD. Put that in and the cdrom kept opening the door and the cd 
> wasn't found so have temporarily given up. But now can't get the cd 
> door to close.
>
> # cat /etc/fstab | grep cdrom
> /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
> # umount /mnt/cdrom
> umount: /mnt/cdrom: not mounted
> # mount /mnt/cdrom
> mount: No medium found
> # umount /mnt/cdrom
> umount: /mnt/cdrom: not mounted
> #
>
> Any ideas? Also how can I determine if the cd writer unit (ok, not a 
> cdrom) is shot, short of putting in another one?
>
> Marty
>
>
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