Using CentOS 5.5 x86_64.
I am trying to install software that comes on two discs. I can start the install just fine, but when it comes to taking out the first disc and putting in the second, the system won't let me eject it.
I remember reading something on the internet once about something needing to be enabled to allow this to work, but I can't find it now. Does anybody have a clue as to what I might be looking for?
(Yes, the work around is to just mount both ISOs and not use real discs at all, but as administrator I understand that process and my users won't. However, they are familiar with the process of inserting disks.)
Thanks!
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On 02/15/11 1:03 PM, Mike VanHorn wrote:
Using CentOS 5.5 x86_64.
I am trying to install software that comes on two discs. I can start the install just fine, but when it comes to taking out the first disc and putting in the second, the system won't let me eject it.
you typically have to umount the volume before you can eject the disk. and of course to umount it, noone can have any open files on it.
On 2/15/11 4:09 PM, "John R Pierce" pierce@hogranch.com wrote:
On 02/15/11 1:03 PM, Mike VanHorn wrote:
Using CentOS 5.5 x86_64.
I am trying to install software that comes on two discs. I can start the install just fine, but when it comes to taking out the first disc and putting in the second, the system won't let me eject it.
you typically have to umount the volume before you can eject the disk. and of course to umount it, noone can have any open files on it.
Exactly. That's why I can't remember what it was I read about, because I've never known anything to work any way other than the way you've described it above.
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On 02/15/11 1:18 PM, Mike VanHorn wrote:
On 2/15/11 4:09 PM, "John R Pierce"pierce@hogranch.com wrote:
On 02/15/11 1:03 PM, Mike VanHorn wrote:
Using CentOS 5.5 x86_64.
I am trying to install software that comes on two discs. I can start the install just fine, but when it comes to taking out the first disc and putting in the second, the system won't let me eject it.
you typically have to umount the volume before you can eject the disk. and of course to umount it, noone can have any open files on it.
Exactly. That's why I can't remember what it was I read about, because I've never known anything to work any way other than the way you've described it above.
note that if you cd'd to the CD/DVD directory before running whatever installation script, you probably have a file handle open on the disk right there that will prevent you from opening it.
John R Pierce wrote:
On 02/15/11 1:18 PM, Mike VanHorn wrote:
On 2/15/11 4:09 PM, "John R Pierce"pierce@hogranch.com wrote:
On 02/15/11 1:03 PM, Mike VanHorn wrote:
Using CentOS 5.5 x86_64.
I am trying to install software that comes on two discs. I can start the install just fine, but when it comes to taking out the first disc
and
putting in the second, the system won't let me eject it.
you typically have to umount the volume before you can eject the disk. and of course to umount it, noone can have any open files on it.
<snip> Most software installations I've done stopped when it needed the second disk, umounted and ejected the CD, and asked for the next one.
Alternatively, you could cp or rsync both CDs to a directory like /opt/src, or /tmp/CD, and install from there.
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