On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 05:45:57PM -0800, Curtis Vaughan wrote: > Looking through these lists I noted that one has to install the eject > package in order to open the CDRom drive door. Well, I have it > installed and regardless I can't open it. > > Here't the response: > > eject /dev/cdrom > eject: unable to find or open device for: '/dev/cdrom' > > or > > eject /cdrom > eject: unable to open '/dev/cdrom'
You have to create /dev/cdrom for your machine. Since every machine can be different, it is not created by the installation. Most times for powerpcs it is /dev/hdb or /dev/hdc. For example, as root, ln -s /dev/hdb /dev/cdrom -- *----------------------------------------------------------------* | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | To HAVE, GIVE all TO all (ACIM) | *----------------------------------------------------------------*
