Re: How do you switch CDs ? (Installing Oracle on SunOS 5.8)

pj wrote:
>
> The installation has paused and is asking me to insert the 2nd CD-ROM.
> When I push the CD eject button, nothing happens. When I try to "Eject"
> from the CDE (Common Desktop Environment) Removable Media Manager, it
> says "device is busy".
>
> If it can't unmount it because the installation program is using it
> as a current directory (?), then how can I switch to the 2nd CD-ROM ?
>
> Or do you have to copy all the contents of both CDs onto the hard
> drive first ?

The installer does not need to use the cdrom - it copies most of its stuff to /tmp and runs from there. Obviously if the shell you started the installer from is in that directory etc then it cannot be unmounted.

Run "fuser -c /cdrom/mountpoint" and you'll see what processes need to be looked at

hth
connor

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