[Gllug] Locked in DVD!

[Ian Norton]

On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 11:17:04AM +0100, Richard Jones wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 11:02:45AM +0100, 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.
> > 
> > Can anyone give me any idea of how to open the drawer without rebooting 
> > please?
> 
> What process is using the drive?  As root, do 'fuser /dev/cdrom'
> 

drop down to single user mode, 

$#> init 1

enter your root password, unmount the drive, eject,
return to multi user mode,

$#> init 5

Ian


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