From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 12 18:31:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CD9116A41F for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 18:31:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sean.bruno@dsl-only.net) Received: from iron.pdx.net (iron.pdx.net [207.149.241.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43DD443D46 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 18:31:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sean.bruno@dsl-only.net) Received: (qmail 23343 invoked from network); 12 Nov 2005 10:31:28 -0800 Received: from pool-71-111-116-105.ptldor.dsl-w.verizon.net (HELO home-desk) (71.111.116.105) by iron.pdx.net with (RC4-MD5 encrypted) SMTP; 12 Nov 2005 10:31:28 -0800 From: Sean Bruno To: Lowell Gilbert In-Reply-To: <44oe4qorwz.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <1131744339.21074.5.camel@home-desk> <44oe4qorwz.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 10:31:27 -0800 Message-Id: <1131820287.3416.23.camel@home-desk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How can I programatically eject a live cd? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 18:31:30 -0000 On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 09:35 -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Sean Bruno writes: > > > I was looking for an answer to this question. Since my CD is actually > > the running file system(is mounted), I cannnot eject it while the system > > is running. > > > > So is there a way to do this that y'all have found, or do I have to > > change my CD to run from memory(RAMDISK) instead of running from the CD. > > You want to eject your running root filesystem? > That's a *really* crazy idea. > Why do you want to do that? > Well, I don't "want" to eject my running root filesystem, but I need to have the CD eject on a reboot/halt of the system. So, is there a "nicer" way of doing this? Sean