it happened again! i rebooted, and the drive came back. then listening to the mp3's through amarok caused the following dmesg | tail:
$ dmesg | tail
[ 2107.478952] VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
[ 2107.479169] cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
[ 2107.487505] VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
[ 2107.588181] VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
[ 2107.596281] VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
[ 2107.596490] cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
[ 2107.605647] VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
[ 2107.605865] cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
[ 2107.688949] VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
[ 2109.141739] VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
it happened again! i rebooted, and the drive came back. then listening to the mp3's through amarok caused the following dmesg | tail:
$ dmesg | tail
[ 2107.478952] VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
[ 2107.479169] cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
[ 2107.487505] VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
[ 2107.588181] VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
[ 2107.596281] VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
[ 2107.596490] cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
[ 2107.605647] VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
[ 2107.605865] cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
[ 2107.688949] VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
[ 2109.141739] VFS: busy inodes on changed media.