Re: smart media changing problem

On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 11:06, Thomas Dodd wrote:
> 

> >>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

here's the result of trying that.

[gerry@gstpc gerry]$ mount /mnt/smedia
mount: block device /dev/sda1 is write-protected, mounting read-only
[gerry@gstpc gerry]$ eject /dev/sda
eject: unable to find or open device for: `/dev/sda'

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