Solaris

Hi,

I've seen similar posts on this board about ejecting CDROMs but I've tried the solutions people suggested but still cannot eject the CD. It's stuck in a production box so I can't reboot it...

Code:

bash-3.00# eject -f cdrom
/vol/dev/dsk/c0t0d0/sol_10_106_sparc/s0: Device busy

bash-3.00# fuser -cu /cdrom/sol_10_106_sparc/s0
/cdrom/sol_10_106_sparc/s0:    10163c(root)     514c(root)
bash-3.00#

So far I have tried the following:

- Physically pressing eject button
- volmgt start / stop
- eject -f cdrom
- Umount - f /vol/dev/dsk/c0t0d0/sol_10_106_sparc/s0
- umount /cdrom
- fuser command

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks
Jimmy

Did you just try "eject" command? cd to the "/" and tried? If not use a pin to "pok" the hole near the drive

when you restarting the solaris box you can eject the CD rom.

The problem is, its a prod box and he cant restart anytime he wants to.

What are the processes with PIDs 10163 and 514 ?

Code:

ptree 10163
ptree 514
ptree $$

Well, you are already half way there. Look at the output of the fuser command. It tells you that there are 2 login instances of root somewhere in the /cdrom directory. The numbers 10163 and 514 should correspond to the process IDs of those root instances' login shells; I'm even venturing to say one of those is your current login.

So, change to another directory, run fuser again, and kill the process(es) that remain. That will free up /cdrom, and you will be able to eject the disk

Code:

# cd
# fuser /cdrom
   514c
# kill -9 514  # or whatever process number(s) show
# eject cd

Great.. You're sharp.. I was sleepy and never notice the first post outputs