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

From: Daniel Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 19:35:26 GMT
Message-ID: <3D2351D9.2F2B5E1@exesolutions.com>

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 ?

I always run the installer as a background process.

If you are stuck you might have to kill the installation and start again. But you can try closing every access to the CD (any terminal windows) and seeing if root can do it.

Daniel Morgan Received on Wed Jul 03 2002 - 14:35:26 CDT