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From: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte)
Subject: Re: How to eject CDROM?
Organization: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem - The Netherlands
Message-ID: <DD9n52.F32@yedi.iaf.nl>
References: <40itj5$3uk@ftp.netgate.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 20:19:50 GMT
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awu@ftp.netgate.net writes:

>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.

The CD driver normally locks the drive when the CD is mounted. Did 
you try it with an unmounted disk?

Wilko