If you wish to eject it with a software command under
Linux, type eject /mnt/zip or eject /dev/sda4 that is if
your zip drive is on that device, if you want more info
please don't hesitate to ask me.
On Sunday 15 April 2001 09:12 am, so spoke mike hodder:
> On my zip drive there's a small, translucent plastic button. When the drive
> is accessed the button glows green. I've watched that button glow for a
> year. I used windoze and always ejected the cartridge via a software
> command. I never thought to press it until I read your suggestion. So, I
> give it a try, just to see what happens, and low and behold, the drive
> ejects the cartridge whether I umount it first, or not.
>
> I knew as soon as I sent my request for help that it sounded pretty lame. I
> knew I'd get some reply about pressing the eject button, something I knew I
> didn't have one of. Well...
>
> Thanks very much from a newly commissioned officer of the brain dead newbie
> division.
>
> I assume I need to umount /mnt/zip before I eject the cartridge? Like not
> ejecting a floppy without unmounting the file, first?
>
> On Saturday 14 April 2001 09:58, you wrote:
> > On Saturday 14 April 2001 08:51, thus spake mike hodder:
> > > I'm another newbie refugee from the unstable world of windows.
> > > Naturally, therefore, my hardware is "windoze compatible"
> > >
> > > How do I eject a cartridge out of a zip drive?
> >
> > Um... press the eject button? ;-)
> >
> > Seriously, though, if the eject button isn't working, then probably you
> > need to unmount it first. I know my cdrom works that way. I insert a cd,
> > then mount the drive. Once I am done with it, I need to unmount the drive
> > before I can eject the cd.
> >
> > Dave
