Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 14:15:52 -0500 From: Andrew Arensburger <arensb+freebsd-questions@Glue.umd.edu> To: Gerard Samuel <gsam@trini0.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unlocking CDROM Message-ID: <20030401191552.GA8848@glue.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <3E89C1C4.1050204@trini0.org> References: <3E89C1C4.1050204@trini0.org>
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On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 11:43:48AM -0500, Gerard Samuel wrote: > and I mounted an ata cdrom via mount, viewed the disk, got out of the > /cdrom directory, and issued unmount /cdrom. > Via df, it is no longer mounted. > But Im unable to eject the CD from the front panel. I remember that > there was an eject command for scsi cdroms, but > not sure if they exist for ata cdroms. > > What can be done to unlock the drive? cdcontrol -f /dev/acd0c eject (I think it's "-f"; I don't have a FreeBSD machine handy.) However, if you can't eject it with the "eject" button, then I don't think 'cdcontrol' will work. -- Andrew Arensburger, Systems guy University of Maryland arensb@umd.edu Office of Information Technology If you're going to panic, panic constructively.
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