Could it be that your CD device is getting broke? The errors you got reminds me the time when I had to replace my CD device.
> On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 08:17:36PM +0300, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote: > > On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 08:13:50PM +0300, Eliran wrote: > > > > > rulix:~$ hdd: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } > > > > Nice hostname you've got there. > > > > Thanks :-) > > > > end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 0 > > > hdd: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } > > > hdd: drive not ready for command > > > > The CDROM will not respond to the commands the kernel is sending it. > > > > > rulix:~$ hdd: ATAPI reset complete > > > > So the kernel is "resetting" it. > > if ("The CDROM will not respond to the commands the kernel is sending it.") > then why will it listen to the reset ? > > > > > Why did you reboot here? usually, waiting a few seconds/minutes allows > > the kernel to put things right, and then you can eject your cd. > > I did. even when rebooting it showed some errors in that style and it was > unable to unmount hdd(cd drive) > > > > > Polite note: trim your replies! > > -- > > Monday 1 Forelithe 7466 > > > > http://vipe.technion.ac.il/~mulix/ > > http://syscalltrack.sf.net/ > > > > -- > <a href="http://eg-site.tripod.com">Eliran</a> > > "One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes > without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an > offense to keep arms." > -- Constitutional scholar and Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, 1840 > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Shaul Karl, [EMAIL PROTECTED] e t ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]