Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: > On May 11, 2005 12:30, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > >>Robert Yu wrote: >> >>>When I put the Mandriva CD into the drive and then tried to take it >>>out, The drive doesn't open. Is this normal? >> >>I have to remember that you have a gmail account, and change the reply >>address... >> >>When a CD is mounted, and in use, the drive door is locked. If you use >>the eject command, the CD is unmounted, and then ejected, unless the CD >>is in use. Unmounting the CD unlockes the drive door. >> >>Mikkel > > > I think it depends on the hardware. I wish mine worked that way. If I try to > use the "eject" command, I get a permissions error. If I hit the eject button > on the drive, it pops the CD out without unmounting it, leaving the system in > an inconsistent state, and making the CD drive unusable until the next > reboot. Even putting the same CD right back in, and trying to do an unmount > then, doesn't do any good. So I always have to remember to do an unmount > before removing a CD. > > That's all for data CDs of course. Audio CDs are not mounted, they are read > through a different process entirely. If you try to mount or unmount one, > you'll just get an error. > It is possible that your drive doesn't support the lock/unlock commands. I have not run into this, but there is a lot of hardware I have not used. I do know that at least some drives will report the eject button being pushed, while others just ignore it while the drive is locked.
Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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