thanks for the suggestion Keith. right Now, though, I don't have an OS, so can't go into the utilities area to open Terminal. Best, Donna
On Sep 16, 2011, at 8:00 AM, Keith Watson wrote: > Donna, > > I am not sure exactly what is wrong or why you cannot get out your > dvd. If you can boot the system I would open terminal from the > utilities area and run the following > > sudo eject /dev/cdrom > > and see if that doesn't help. > > > Keith Watson > 813-760-1381 > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 16, 2011, at 7:55 AM, Donna Goodin <goodi...@msu.edu> wrote: > >> Because I can neither install from my SL disk, nor get the Mac to reinstall >> Lion. I don't know what else to do, and I'm unable to eject the SL disk at >> all. >> >> On Sep 16, 2011, at 7:52 AM, Daniel Miller wrote: >> >>> Hi Donna, >>> >>> Unfortunately, there's no way to physically eject the disc without having >>> the machine turned on, since the only way you can do it is with the eject >>> button. Also, why would you need Apple to reinstall the OS? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin >>> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 6:39 AM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Is there a manual eject button anywhere on the MBP? >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> OK, since I seem to be out of options here, I don't know what to do except >>> take the MBP into the Apple Store and have them reinstall the OS. But I >>> don't want to travel with a DVD in the drive. Is there a manual eject >>> button anywhere on this thing? >>> thanks, >>> Donna >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
