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Path: sserve!euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!palmer.demon.co.uk!palmer.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: gary@palmer.demon.co.uk (Gary Palmer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How to eject CDROM? Date: 13 Aug 1995 19:10:11 +0100 Organization: none Lines: 18 Message-ID: <40lf63$4sk@palmer.demon.co.uk> References: <40itj5$3uk@ftp.netgate.net> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: palmer.demon.co.uk In article <40itj5$3uk@ftp.netgate.net>, <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. The drive is a Toshiba XM-3401B attached >to Adaptec AHA-1742A. I have no problem to access the content of CDROM, >though. TIA. FreeBSD locks the disk in the drive when it is mounted. Unmount the CDROM, the system will unlock the drawer and you can eject the disk. umount /dev/cd0a should work for you. Gary