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Re: [LUG] Unable to Open Cd Drive

 

I had the same problem with my mums computer. It turned out on of the
cables on the back had come loose and just needed to be pushed on again.


On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 12:16 +0000, Paul Sutton wrote:
> Richard Brown wrote:
> > Hi Guys
> >
> > The above says it all. It doesn't seem to be mounted and it was
> > working a couple of days ago! Is it possible to tell it to open from
> > the console please?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >   
> is there a user or processing using the cd drive,  that is one cause of 
> this error.
> 
> I think the command to use to determine this is.
> 
> fuser
> 
> However to answer your  question
> eject cdrom0
> 
> (that works for me, ejects dvd drive
> 
> eject cdrom1, ejects cd writer
> 
> I think it will tell you if there is a problem.
> 
> secondary master, / slave respectively on my system
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> Paul
> 
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