Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 15:22:53 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How can I programatically eject a live cd? Message-ID: <4346F53D.1070508@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20051007145730.W41030@wolf.pjkh.com> References: <20051007145730.W41030@wolf.pjkh.com>
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Philip Hallstrom wrote:
> Hi all -
>
> I've built a live CDROM based off of the cdroot package and 4.x. It's
> designed to be popped into a machine, wipe the hard drive, install a
> custom image, and that's it.
>
> Everything works great with one exception.
>
> I would *love* to be able to have the CDROM automatically eject when
> it's finished (and/or shutdown). This way a user could power on a
> headless box, pop in the cd, reboot, let it's do it's thing and know
> it was done when the CDROM ejected.
>
> I know the drives can do it because I've seen some other CD's (most
> recent a seagate disk utility) do it.
>
> But the closest I can come is:
>
> cdcontrol -f acd0 eject
>
> and then I can press the eject button and it will eject.
>
> This is fine for me, but I don't want the people doing this to have to
> know to wait for the disk lights to stop.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -philip
It'd be better to shut down probably because many machines
automatically retract the CD tray after rebooting.
-Garrett
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