Real simple: how do I see my cd drive?

[Longman, Bill]

> Before you eject the CD, you will need to unmount it. You can do this 
> with 1) above and just choose the cdrom and click the unmount button.
> 
> You can also right click (F11) on the Desktop icon and drag down to 
> 'Eject'(this will unmount the CD *and* eject it).
> 
> You can also use the Command Line by running the command:
> 	umount /mnt/cdrom
> That's not a typo the command is 'umount'
> 
> in GNOME, you can also add a 'Disk Mounter' utility to your panel and 
> configure it to mount different disks.

In addition to the Snakemeister's helpful tip, you can also do this:

  eject cdrom

from a command line. It will umount and eject the disk. Usually, you can
just use "eject" but depending upon your hardware, it might not be the cdrom
that ejects. Give it a try, it usually works.