pull the plug :-) or ctrl-alt-del or hold power button  till it shuts down 
or reset button -- no mercy
reset bios boot order while restarting to unkink the cd
probably a result of previous adventure


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Martin" <pjmartin@...>
To: <gentoo-amd64@g.o>
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 5:23 PM
Subject: [gentoo-amd64] Problems at reboot


> On my installation from CD I've gotten to '10c  Rebooting the system' code 
> listing 9, from the manual.
>
> When I performed the 'umount' command as indicated, the response is;
> "error writing /etc/mtab.tmp: no space left on device"
> It looked to me as if it was trying to write to the CD.
> Also the CD door won't open?
> .I thought I'd be smart and I tried.
> umount  /dev/cdrom
> The response was the same as above.
> Any pointers?
>
> Peter
>
>
>
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