Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:57:39 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PowerMac G5 and FreeBSD 9.0-current: no disks? Message-ID: <20110125145739.b2a00685.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <238DA8F2-E095-4B89-8DF3-B8D6C57385D4@gmail.com> References: <20110123003845.053726a7.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20110124223642.7e12d3a5.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20110124225757.fd6a4b4f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <4D3DF6B5.3080307@freebsd.org> <20110125005916.16aa4aae.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <AANLkTi=19qV3ip7BQkuZ=--11S-DCQm7iqChK1os3jTK@mail.gmail.com> <20110125024740.101e3301.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <238DA8F2-E095-4B89-8DF3-B8D6C57385D4@gmail.com>
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On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:25:42 -0500 Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jan 24, 2011, at 8:47 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > > > On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:19:59 -0800 > > Gary <gdriggs@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hold down the left mouse button during power-on. Some drives in the > >> G5s have a barely reachable eject button on the front if you pull > >> down > >> the drive slot door. One of mine actually had the physical eject > >> button removed so it's a bit of a hassle if I want to swap install > >> discs. > > > > I should have been more specific; I want to open the cd drive from > > within FreeBSD. > > (I knew about that mouse button down) > > I always just use 'cdcontrol eject' for that. (facepalm) I should have remembered. Thanks for jogging my memory. -- Torfinn
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