Re: smart media changing problem

Gerry Tool wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 09:45, Thomas Dodd wrote:
> 
>>
> 
>>>Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
>>>usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
>>>scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
>>>  Vendor: Olympus   Model: Camedia MAUSB-2   Rev: 0100
>>>  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>>
>>Seams detected OK.
>>
>> > Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
>>
>>Knows it's removable too.
>>I wonder if issuing and eject might help?
>>
> 
> [gerry@gstpc gerry]$ mount /mnt/smedia
> mount: block device /dev/sda1 is write-protected, mounting read-only
> [gerry@gstpc gerry]$ umount /mnt/smedia
> [gerry@gstpc gerry]$ eject /mnt/smedia
> eject: unable to open `/dev/sda1'

You cannot eject a partition, use the whole disk.

> [gerry@gstpc gerry]$ eject sda
> eject: unable to find or open device for: `sda'

You need the full path, /dev/sda.

$eject /dev/sda

The mount point works with CD's and floppies, because
you mount the whole device with them, not partitions.
If hdd is a CD, 'mount /dev/hdd /mn/cdrom' not hdd1.

	-Thomas