[Gllug] Locked in DVD!

[Matthew King]

Sharon Kimble wrote:
> I have a DVD that has got 'locked in' to my CD/DVD combo drive and is 
> stubbornly resisting all efforts to unmount it on my Fedora Core 2 box. I've 
> tried as user and as root, but the drawer still refuses to open. The 'disk 
> management' GUI shows that it is not mounted, and I'm unable to mount it 
> either! Its been stuck now for approaching 24 hours, and I need to use the 
> drive for something else.

Run mount on its own to see just what is mounted.

> Can anyone give me any idea of how to open the drawer without rebooting 
> please?

A paperclip, about 2/3 inches long, poked into the little hole under the 
drawer. It may need a little, though not too much force.

Matthew

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