Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 11:03:43 -0500 From: Bob Collins <bobc@anything-inc.com> To: DG <david@fielden.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ejecting a Zip disk using eject(1) Message-ID: <20031202160343.GB64730@yoda.anything-inc.com> In-Reply-To: <009a01c3b865$9db74ff0$5401a8c0@borg.fielden.com.au> References: <002d01c3b863$55e37930$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <009a01c3b865$9db74ff0$5401a8c0@borg.fielden.com.au>
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On Tue, Dec 2, 2003, DG wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Matthew > > Emmerton > > Sent: Tuesday, 2 December 2003 10:32 AM > > To: DG; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: ejecting a Zip disk using eject(1) > > > > > I tried that too. The eject command accepts just the > > device name without > > a > > > prefix, and prepends "/dev/" as necessary. > > > > > > Specifically from man eject(1): > > > > > > SYNOPSIS > > > eject [-fnv] device > > > > > It's probably the case that the actual Zip drive itself > > doesn't have the > > hardware to eject the disk automatically -- you have to push the eject > > button on the front (like a floppy) -- at least with the Zip > > drives I've > > used. > > > > CD-ROMs, OTOH, can be ejected through software since the tray > > is motorized. > > > > -- > > Matt Emmerton > > Not so. The Zip drive ejects quite happily under a different open source > UNIX-like operating system, and a similar IDE Zip drive in a different PC > ejects quite happily under Windows 98. > > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Just a quick question. Did you umount the zip disk prior to ejecting it? IIRC, I had to umount my old zip drive prior to eject working.... just my 0.02 -- Bob
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