Cannot unload dvd rom

[Paul_481]

Hi,

I have a problem unloading the cdrom. I am using HPUX 11.11. I mount the cdrom using pfs_mount. I am able to unmount it but when I try to eject the cd, it wont eject.

Are there any solution short of rebooting the system? Will rebooting the system solve this?

Regards,

Paul

[Silver_1]

Paul,

Try by giving the command #fuser -ku /cdrom

where /cdrom is the mount point you mounted the CDROM,then try to eject it.

Hope this helps.

Tx,
Nair

[Patrick Wallek · Accepted solution]

Did you use pfs_umount to unmount it? If not, then you are pretty well messed up. Just about the only thing I know of to do in that case is reboot.

You really shouldn't be using pfs_mount any more anyway. There are patches available so that you can use the normal mount command to mount RockRidge format CDs.

For HP-UX 11.11 the patches needed are:
PHCO_25841
PHKL_26269
PHKL_32035

Note that since there are kernel patches involved a reboot will be required.

Once those patches are installed you can mount a Rock Ridge CD by doing:

# mount -F cdfs -o rr /dev/dsk/c?t?d? /cdrom

[Paul_481]

Thanks everyone for the reply, I guess reboot is the only solution. Its only a development box so no problem on reboot.

Regards,

Paul