Re: I would like to eject my cdrom
Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 09:08:19PM -0400, JoeHill wrote:
>
>> I don't care if 'an appication is preventing' or whatever, I want to damned
>> cdrom to eject. I cannot believe that my hardware is being overridden by
>> software. When I hit the eject button, I really don't give a rat's ass what
>> someone thinks about it, I want it to eject.
>>
>> How can I regain control of this?
>>
>
> Calm down! Grab a drink.
>
> Install eject.
>
> At the command line:
>
> eject
> opens the tray
>
> eject -t
> closes the tray
>
But this will not work if some process is using the drive. Someone
pointed out, however, some command-line options that should help.
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Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
eduardo@kalinowski.com.br
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