On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, James Sparenberg wrote: > I've had this problem on some systems (with a number of distro's) and > the problem was that the correct symlink in /dev isn't created.
You will note that was dealt with earlier (modprobe ide-cd if root is the only person to have logged in). > The > default in eject is to eject /dev/cdrom but if the real device for > your ide-scsi is say scd0 ejecting /dev/cdrom won't work. Try this if > for example your real device is /dev/scd0 then type eject scd0 .... if > it ejects then you have the symlink problem. Two fixes either create a > little script that does the eject scd0 or create the symlink. I was running eject on /dev/hdc, which is the only possible device file for the drive (no ide-scsi emulation). Reboot, and it seems to be better ... but we'll see what happens ... -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
