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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!univ-lyon1.fr!news-rocq.inria.fr!news2.EUnet.fr!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!gatech!agis!ns2.mainstreet.net!ftp.netgate.net!news From: awu@ftp.netgate.net Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How to eject CDROM? Date: 16 Aug 1995 19:39:07 GMT Organization: NetGate Communications Lines: 27 Message-ID: <40thgr$lak@ftp.netgate.net> References: <40itj5$3uk@ftp.netgate.net> <DD9n52.F32@yedi.iaf.nl> Reply-To: awu@ftp.netgate.net NNTP-Posting-Host: ng24.netgate.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 In <DD9n52.F32@yedi.iaf.nl>, wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte) writes: >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? Thanks for all the replies to my question about ejecting CDROM. I didn't umount the disk before I touched the button and that's the problem. I haven't got used to the mount/umount concept yet. Best regards, Andrew. /**************************************************************************/ /* Andrew Yau-Hwa Wu, San Jose, CA 95131, USA */ /* Internet: awu@netgate.net, 73113.2226@compuserve.com */ /*------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* OS/2 Warped! */ /**************************************************************************/