It doesn't make a difference whether the cdrom is mounted or not I get the same error message.
Interesting enough when I issue the command from my home directory instead of the root directory I get the following error: eject: unable to find or open device for: `cdrom' Riaan On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 16:53, Robert_L wrote: > On Tuesday 21 May 06:25, Riaan Rottier wrote: > > When I try to eject a cd using the eject command, the system returns the > > error: > > > > eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device > > > > It used to work a few months back and I updated some packages since then > > but I made no other changes to my system. I am running Woody. > > > > Any advice?? > > > > Riaan > > I don't know if this is related to your problem, but coming from a mandrake > background, I was used to the eject command unmounting _and_ ejecting. > When I tried to eject a mounted cd using debian, it failed. > My solution was to convert the Mandrake rpm using alien and install it. > Works fine here. > > all the best, > Robert_L > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
