At 2005-09-27 15:11:19 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Firstly, could anyone please tell me what's the philosophy behind
> 'locking' the CD-ROM tray when a CD has been mounted.

So that you can't eject a mounted CD.

> Why can't I eject a mounted CD?

Because the VFS would be unhappy if mounted media suddenly disappeared
from under it (and was potentially replaced with something different).
That applies to all mounts, not just CDs.

> Additionally, is there some way with which I may eject mounted CDs?

Use subfs.

-- ams

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