On Sat, 28 Aug 2004, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> > Done it myself, panic!! I am trying to remember what I did.
> > Kill processes. Mount/umnount. The paperclip. Done in various orders.
>
> While burning there's nothing mounted, and there were no further
> processes involved - the only appliccable process, cdrecord, terminated
> as it should when I told it to with ^C.
>
> Wild guess: the kernel is unable to shut down DMA and return drives to
> responsive states (I have seen similar behaviour when accessing a disk
> inserted into a dvdrom drive before the drive had finished deciding
> that yes there was a readable disk in it). I could never find a command
> line program which can reset drive/ide bus either.
>
> Can sticking a paperclip into the emergency eject hole while the drive
> is going damage anything?
>
Don't be too logical. I have stuck the pin in while it is running. YMMV.
Phil.
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