eject: unable to find or open device for: `cdrom'

[Paul Smith]

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb2m97pp at aliceadsl.fr> wrote:
>> The problem has partially returned. In my case, I have
>>
>> # ls /dev/cdrom*
>> /dev/cdrom1
>> #
>>
>> And I do the following:
>>
>> # cd /dev
>> # ln -s ./cdrom1 cdrom
>>
>> that solves the problem until a new reboot. After a new reboot, I have
>> to apply the solution above explained; otherwise, I get
>
> That's pretty normal Paul, as most of the entries are created in /dev by udev,
> at bootup time, then when you shutdown, those entries cease to exist. So a
> symlink will not hold over a reboot. I think you'd need to make some change
> in udev itself to do what you want.
>>
>> $ eject
>> eject: unable to find or open device for: `cdrom'
>> $
>
> Do you have more than one optical drive on the machine? I have 3 optical
> drives on one machine (cdrom, cdrom1, and cdrom2), and if I specify which one
> to open the tray on with eject, I can open any of them.
> eject  (which as default opens the tray on cdrom)
> eject cdrom   (same as above)
> eject cdrom1
> eject cdrom2
>
> I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for, but have a look at the man
> page for eject.

Thanks, Nigel. I have only one optical drive.

Can I make

'eject'

working without having to use

'eject cdrom1'?

Paul