Re: Bug#508457: installation-report: Do not eject CD before asking from user (damaged CD tray)

[Ferenc Wagner <wferi@niif.hu>]

Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> writes:

> On Thursday 11 December 2008, jaalto wrote:
>
>> Please add confimation dialog:
>>
>>        "Eject the CD" [OK]
>>
>> At the final phase of the installation before the reboot. Not all CD's
>> can be ejected, because the CD may be inside a front DOOR, which must
>> be opened first, or there may be other obstacles in front of the CD
>> tray.
>>
>> The CD may be severily damaged if the confirmation question is not
>> there.
>
> In almost all cases the CD should be ejected. For other cases there is the 
> boot option 'cdrom-detect/eject=false', as documented in the installation 
> guide.

I suspect some misunderstanding here.  The dialog was suggested to
give the operator a chance to open the door of the computer case so
that ejecting the CD becomes physically possible.
-- 
Cheers,
Feri.