CD access Ubuntu 8.04 / vmware player / Visduh

[Eric Shubert]

I have a Ubuntu 8.04 host, running a Visduh guest using vmware player 
2.5.1. It's working pretty well, but I don't really use Visduh much.

I'm trying to use the Windoze media player to rip a CD, accessing the 
CDrom directly. The Vista VM is connected to the /dev/scd0 device, but 
when I insert the CD, Ubuntu delightfully and magically puts the Audio 
CD icon on my desktop, and launches the Sound Juicer. Ubuntu takes 
possession of the CD device, and Visduh waits for access.

I can't seem to figure out how to get Ubuntu to release the device so 
that VMware/Visduh can access it. Once I eject the disc from Ubuntu, 
Visduh stops waiting for the device. When Ubuntu has access to the CDrom 
device, there's no entry in /etc/mtab, so the device isn't mounted by 
conventional means.

Can someone fill me in on where to look to find out what Ubuntu's using 
to access the CDrom, and how I can get it to release (umount?) the da*m 
thing without ejecting it?

TIA.

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-Eric 'shubes'