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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to eject CDROM?
Date: 14 Aug 1995 10:45:31 +0200
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<awu@ftp.netgate.net> wrote:
>Sorry if this sound silly, but how to eject a CDROM from CDROM drive? I
>couldn't find a command to do so, and the eject button on the drive panel
>doesn't work, either. The eject button does work under OS/2 and DOS, so is
>there any problem with the setup.
I think the CDIOCEJECT ioctl command (found in <sys/cdio.h>) will
accomplish this. I once had a small proggy around for this, but it
must have been affected by the `rm' virus some day...
Anyway, if your eject button doesn't work, this is for good reason:
you have the CD still mounted, and the operating system is unwilling
to let you take it out. :) Try ``umount /cdrom'' first...
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)