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Re: cd will not eject

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In article <slrnl7367k.313.notbob@nbleet.hcc.net>, notbob@nothome.com
(notbob) writes:

> On 2013-10-30, Kirk_Von_Rockstein <Kirk_Von_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> You may in your case be able to use a term to eject
>> while in a GNU/Linux OS:
>> eject /dev/sr0
>> eject /dev/sr1
>> eject /dev/sr2
>> and etc.
>> For which ever device your problem optical drive actually is.
>
> eject -v will tell which one it isn't (the other one), then jes add
> <name>.  I did:
>
> eject -v /dev/sr0
> eject: device name is `/dev/sr0'
> eject: expanded name is `/dev/sr0'
> eject: `/dev/sr0' is not mounted
> eject: `/dev/sr0' is not a mount point
> eject: `/dev/sr0' is not a multipartition device
> eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr0' using CD-ROM eject command
> eject: CD-ROM eject command failed
> eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr0' using SCSI commands
> eject: SCSI eject failed
> eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr0' using floppy eject command
> eject: floppy eject command failed
> eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr0' using tape offline command
> eject: tape offline command failed
> eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>
> Currently researching "Inappropriate ioctl for device" errors.

Have you tried /dev/cdrom?  Most distros I've used have a link
from /dev/cdrom to the actual CD-ROM's device entry.  It makes
life a little easier, especially when moving from machine to machine.

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cd will not eject faeychild <faeychild@noname.afraid.org> - 2013-10-30 09:29 +1100
  Re: cd will not eject HASM <netnews@invalid.com> - 2013-10-29 15:42 -0700
  Re: cd will not eject Johann Klammer <klammerj@NOSPAM.a1.net> - 2013-10-30 02:06 +0100
  Re: cd will not eject Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2013-10-30 13:05 +0000
  Re: cd will not eject "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2013-10-30 09:10 -0800
  Re: cd will not eject faeychild <faeychild@noname.afraid.org> - 2013-10-31 09:20 +1100
    Re: cd will not eject notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2013-10-30 23:08 +0000
      Re: cd will not eject Kirk_Von_Rockstein <Kirk_Von_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid> - 2013-10-30 23:26 +0000
        Re: cd will not eject notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2013-10-30 23:36 +0000
          Re: cd will not eject "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2013-10-30 21:29 -0800
          Re: cd will not eject faeychild <faeychild@noname.afraid.org> - 2013-10-31 21:07 +1100
        Re: cd will not eject faeychild <faeychild@noname.afraid.org> - 2013-10-31 21:05 +1100
      Re: cd will not eject faeychild <faeychild@noname.afraid.org> - 2013-10-31 21:03 +1100

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