Ubuntu Server: CDROM problem
My server, a 1997 old desktop, has Ubuntu Server Edition running on it. I had inserted my Ubuntu CDROM in its drive, and kept it over there ever since. But now, I needed to take the CD out, for installing an Ubuntu virtual machine on my laptop.
Okay, so I sit in front of my server, and press the eject button of CDROM. Nothing happens. Did that again - nothing yet. I pressed the button really hard one more time. But the machine won't budge.
I thought that the old CDROM drive is dead for good.
But wait... I just remembered: I couldn't eject CDs by pressing the eject button on my previous linux laptop! What is going on here?
Lacking a GUI, I decide to do something from CLI (command line interface) to eject the CD. So I type this:
eject
and press enter.
Viola...!!!! The CD is out now! :)
Okay, so I sit in front of my server, and press the eject button of CDROM. Nothing happens. Did that again - nothing yet. I pressed the button really hard one more time. But the machine won't budge.
I thought that the old CDROM drive is dead for good.
But wait... I just remembered: I couldn't eject CDs by pressing the eject button on my previous linux laptop! What is going on here?
Lacking a GUI, I decide to do something from CLI (command line interface) to eject the CD. So I type this:
eject
and press enter.
Viola...!!!! The CD is out now! :)
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1 comment:
Thanks Bender! I appreciate your intelligent response. In fact, I should keep a needle handy just in case! :P
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