Unable to eject boot cd during kickstart install

[Peter Schwenk]

I, the OP, am in fact doing a network install.  I get the ball rolling  
with the CD.  I never tried Fedora 7, but Fedoras 6 and prior didn't  
lock the CD in the drive during the network install.  I am reluctant  
to start killing processes during the install just so I can remove my  
CD as dwight at supercomputer.org suggested.  I'm booting from the  
Rescue CD to do my installs, and one thing I noticed is that a message  
box pops up indicating that the install found local install media.   
This message hadn't appeared with the earlier Fedoras.  I'll try to  
make a bare-bones boot CD somehow with no install files to see if that  
helps keep the CD from being locked in.

On Feb 14, 2008, at 6:50 AM, John Summerfield wrote:

> dwight at supercomputer.org wrote:
>> It sounds like there's some process left around which is keeping  
>> the device open. That would be the first thing I'd check. If  
>> nothing is obvious from a ps(1), then you'll have to dig deeper.
>
> I'm going to take this to the Anaconda list, because it illustrates  
> something that's been on my mind for a while.
>
> When I boot CD to net install (which I suppose the OP is doing coz  
> otherwise it doesn;t make sense to head for other parts, media in  
> hand), I'd like it to spit the CD out as soon as it's not required.
>
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> John
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- Peter Schwenk
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- Mathematical Sciences
- University of Delaware
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