command to eject cd

2011-09-22 Thread Fbsd8
Is there a console command to cause the cd/dvd device to open its drawer? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: command to eject cd

2011-09-22 Thread Peter Vereshagin
Hello. 2011/09/22 10:32:14 -0400 Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com = To FreeBSD Questions : F Is there a console command to cause the cd/dvd device to open its drawer? echo -ne e\nq\n | cdcontrol -- Peter Vereshagin pe...@vereshagin.org (http://vereshagin.org) pgp: A0E26627

Re: command to eject cd

2011-09-22 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:32:14 -0400, Fbsd8 wrote: Is there a console command to cause the cd/dvd device to open its drawer? There is camcontrol eject (or camcontrol -f device eject which uses the ATAPICAM subsystem; see man camcontrol for details. In ports, I remember there is also a port called

Re: command to eject cd

2011-09-22 Thread Vasile Cristescu
Hello, try something like: cdcontrol -f /dev/acd0 eject or cdcontrol -f /dev/cd0 eject -- Best Regards, Vasile Cristescu On Thursday 22 September 2011 17:32:14 Fbsd8 wrote: Is there a console command to cause the cd/dvd device to open its drawer?

Re: Eject CD

2010-02-28 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 28/02/2010 05:01:48, Olivier Nicole wrote: What in a standard installation of FreeBSD, on a server running only MySQL and Postgress, could cause the CD tray to open by itself from time to time? Dodgy hardware? If the manual eject button is a

Re: Eject CD

2010-02-28 Thread CyberLeo Kitsana
Matthew Seaman wrote: On 28/02/2010 05:01:48, Olivier Nicole wrote: What in a standard installation of FreeBSD, on a server running only MySQL and Postgress, could cause the CD tray to open by itself from time to time? Dodgy hardware? If the manual eject button is a bit sticky, it could

Re: Eject CD

2010-02-28 Thread Olivier Nicole
Thanks, What in a standard installation of FreeBSD, on a server running only MySQL and Postgress, could cause the CD tray to open by itself from time to time? Dodgy hardware? If the manual eject button is a bit sticky, it could have that effect. Seems the most likely explanation to

Re: Eject CD

2010-02-28 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 08:26:44 +0700 (ICT), Olivier Nicole olivier.nic...@cs.ait.ac.th wrote: I am not running any of these, as far as I know, it could be an SCSI bus reset? But then it is hardware and back to the above explanation. I doubt that a SCSI bus reset can make an optical drive open

Eject CD

2010-02-27 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, What in a standard installation of FreeBSD, on a server running only MySQL and Postgress, could cause the CD tray to open by itself from time to time? Thanks in advance, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Eject CD

2010-02-27 Thread Nerius Landys
cdcontrol eject ? On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Olivier Nicole olivier.nic...@cs.ait.ac.th wrote: Hi, What in a standard installation of FreeBSD, on a server running only MySQL and Postgress, could cause the CD tray to open by itself from time to time? Thanks in advance, Olivier

Re: Eject CD

2010-02-27 Thread Olivier Nicole
cdcontrol eject ? Then what would be causing cdcontrol eject? This has been going on for many releases of FreeBSD (5 to 7) and only on Intel Motherboards. Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

6.1-RELEASE-i386, sysinstall, installing packages from CD -- won't eject CD 1

2006-07-12 Thread David Christensen
hello, world! I'm a FreeBSD newbie who is fumbling his way through FreeBSD 6.1. I am trying to install software from CD using sysinstall, but can't figure out how to eject CD 1 when it wants a package that's on CD 2. Pressing the button on the drive has no effect. STFW I found a page

Re: mtools eject CD? CD-R?

2002-10-06 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Peter Leftwich wrote: Is it possible to eject a (mounted or unmounted) CD or DVD from the command line? Does a CD-R have to be specially mounted before using mkisofs or burncd? Appreciate any answers! Others have already answered, I just wanted to add that using -e with

mtools eject CD? CD-R?

2002-10-05 Thread Peter Leftwich
Is it possible to eject a (mounted or unmounted) CD or DVD from the command line? Does a CD-R have to be specially mounted before using mkisofs or burncd? Appreciate any answers! -- Peter Leftwich President Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To

Re: mtools eject CD? CD-R?

2002-10-05 Thread Edwin Groothuis
On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 10:05:16PM -0700, Peter Leftwich wrote: Is it possible to eject a (mounted or unmounted) CD or DVD from the command line? Does a CD-R have to be specially mounted before using mkisofs or burncd? Appreciate any answers! If it's mounted, unmount it first! If it's