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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 14:25:36 +0200
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Giuliano Pochini <pochini@shiny.it>, lna@bigfoot.com,
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Subject: Re: I can eject a mounted CD
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On Wed, Apr 18 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > rpm -e magicdev
> > 
> > Magicdev is not installed.
> > Ok, I'm the only one with this problem, I'll manage to find the bug by myself.
> 
> vmware and one or two other apps I've also seen do this. WHen you unlock the
> cdrom door as root you can unlock it even if a file system is mounted

yes, unlocking is definitely possible and then of course a manual eject.
Only by root of course, however an ioctl eject should fail unless the
cdrom really isn't busy (ie mounted or has other opens).

-- 
Jens Axboe

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