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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Pinnacle Micro Tahoe 230MB optical disk won't eject
To: john@starfire.mn.org
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 11:25:46 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <199511220732.BAA00459@starfire.mn.org> from "john@starfire.mn.org" at Nov 22, 95 01:32:03 am
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> Stranger and stranger.  I am running FreeBSD 2.0.5R, and now, all of a
> sudden, my external rewriteable optical drive is ignoring the eject
> button, even when nothing is mounted on the drive.  I have tried mounting
> and then unmounting, but without luck.  If I shut down or cycle the power
> on the drive, then it will acknowledge ejects again.  Any clues?

At a guess, there is cached data for the drive.  Wait 30 seconds for the
updated to go for sure after the unmount.  Then the drive should be unlocked.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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