Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 00:38:40 -0600 (CST) From: George Vagner <vagner@spdc.ti.com> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cdu31a cdrom Message-ID: <199712230638.AAA04312@epcot.spdc.ti.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971222215125.7705U-100000@localhost> from "Doug White" at Dec 22, 97 09:51:44 pm
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thats wierd, i cannot remove my cd-rom from the drive if it is mounted. pushing the button has no effect. same thing with the floppy, the button pushes in but the disk dont eject unless i umount /dev/fd0. > > On Fri, 19 Dec 1997, Kwoody wrote: > > > > > I did it again...cd rom is mounted...I forget to umount the cd *before* > > opening it to change cd's and I'm hooped. Now I cant acccess the cdrom. > > All i get are media changed stuff. Also when I try and umount it now I > > get the message: > > > > umount: /dev/scd0a: invalid argument > > do an ls of /cdrom or try to chnage to the cdrom dir and get input/output > > error. > > > > is there a way to re-read fstab or something, cause the only way to fix > > this in the past is the reboot. I hate rebooting. > > You can try `umount -f /cdrom', but no guarantees you won't panic your > system. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > -- Laszlo G. Vagner Texas Instruments 13570 N. Central expressway M/S 3703 Dallas, Texas 75243 (972)995-4297 (972)598-5217 Pager Email vagner@tee eye dot com <SPAM purposes http://web2.airmail.net/kf7nn
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