Re: To eject a CD...


Subject: Re: To eject a CD...
From: Evan Read (eread@netaccess.co.nz)
Date: Fri Jan 21 2000 - 18:43:23 MST


use "umount" to unmount it first...

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Adam Price wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Benjamin S Donley wrote:
>
> > What am I doing wrong? I want to get eject that stupid MacOS 9 CD.
>
> Have you tried just pressing the button?
>
>
> >
> > bdonley@unchosen 2 ~ % eject -v cdrom
> > eject: device name is `cdrom'
> > eject: expanded name is `/dev/cdrom'
> > eject: `/dev/cdrom' is a link to `/dev/hdc'
> > eject: `/dev/hdc' is not mounted
> > eject: `/dev/hdc' is not a mount point
> > eject: `/dev/hdc' is a multipartition device
> > eject: trying to eject `/dev/hdc' using CD-ROM eject command
> > eject: CD-ROM eject command failed
> > eject: trying to eject `/dev/hdc' using SCSI commands
> > eject: SCSI eject failed
> > eject: trying to eject `/dev/hdc' using floppy eject command
> > eject: floppy eject command failed
> > eject: trying to eject `/dev/hdc' using tape offline command
> > eject: tape offline command failed
> > eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument
> >
> > - Ben
> >
>
> --
> adam@oldchildrensbooks.com
>
> Boxing is like a ballet, except there is no music, no choreography, and
> the dancers hit each other.
> --????
>
>



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