Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 13:21:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Dave Bender <bendede@startribune.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: CDROM almost always on Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980509132024.3051h-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <01BD7B2F.0B5FD0B0@MANNY>
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On Sat, 9 May 1998, Dave Bender wrote: > That subject line tells it all: Since installing FreeBSD on my machine, > the CDROM is always on. I can read from it (did the install from it, in > fact) and I've mounted it, but the light is on and I'm unable to eject > to put in another one. That's correct -- while the CD is mounted, it locks the tray. When you unmount the CD you should be able to eject it. If you take mounted media out of the system, FreeBSD will crash next time it tries to access the now-nonexistent drive. I've done it with floppies and a forgetful CDROM drive. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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