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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