I have an external USB DVD slot-in drive. It does not have any eject buttons. I inserted a DVD which can't be read (too many scratches I guess). Now I do not know how I can eject the disc – as there is no media yet recognized, I do not get a drive mapping, so eject does not do much.
dmesg output:
[80954.473663] usb 2-1.3.2.1: new high-speed USB device number 8 using ehci_hcd
[80954.571274] scsi1183 : usb-storage 2-1.3.2.1:1.0
[80955.570242] scsi 1183:0:0:0: CD-ROM MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-898 HC10 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[80955.583425] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[80955.583774] sr 1183:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[80955.584018] sr 1183:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 5
sudo cdrecord -eject sg3
wodim: No write mode specified.
wodim: Assuming -tao mode.
wodim: Future versions of wodim may have different drive dependent defaults.
Device was not specified. Trying to find an appropriate drive...
wodim: No such file or directory.
Cannot open SCSI driver!
For possible targets try 'wodim --devices' or 'wodim -scanbus'.
For possible transport specifiers try 'wodim dev=help'.
For IDE/ATAPI devices configuration, see the file README.ATAPI.setup from
the wodim documentation.
and –devices and -scanbus do not show the drive.
Best Answer
The hard way (if nothing else works): There should be a little hole in front of the drive. Just big enough for a needle. If you take a paperclip and unfold it you can press it in that hole - but keep straight. And the DVD should pop out.