The National Enquirer reports at 8:46 AM -0400 5/15/04, dan_A wrote: >Hi List- > >Yesterday I inserted a CD into the slot of my 15" Ti-book. It didn't go >in too smoothly and now wont come out. I don't see a mechanical >ejection hole or lever. I'm not familiar with slot loaders that much >except for an iMac that I had. That had the hole and another mechanical >device on the left and inside the slot. > >I hope I don't have to take things apart to get the CD out. I tried the >eject button and holding the mouse button down. It starts to come out >and then clicks for a while then spins up again showing back up on the >desktop. > >Any one have a solution besides using a band saw? Thanks for your help. > You didn't say what OS you're using. But there are several options to try. Let me give you 3 OS X methods that other list-members may not suggest.
1. You can put an eject menu item on your menu bar by double-clicking the following: System:Library:Core Services:Menu Extras:Eject.menu (you'll find a bunch in there you can can add -- a PC card eject menu for instance) Then pick the menu item to eject the CD/DVD. 2. Open iTunes and press the Eject button 3. Boot into Open Firmware. At the prompt type "eject cd" (without the quotes) and press Return. Then type "mac-boot" (again, without the quotes) and press Return. or From the Terminal type: fstat | grep Diskname (to see if any files are open) df (to get the /dev name of the drive) hdiutil eject -force /dev/drivename (where you got drive name from df) The OSX Finder just seems to have trouble knowing when a drive is/isn't "in use." If you use fstat to first verify that the disk is not in use, then I don't see how this can harm the drive or cause data loss. For what it's worth, after you issue the df command, you'll see a bunch of lines of text like this: /dev/disk0s5 156288496 9844008 146444480 6% /Volumes/GiggleHurts There will be a line like this for each mounted disk. The drive name you're looking for in this example is /dev/disk0s5, which is Mac OS X's internal name for the drive I know as "GiggleHurts." So the command I'd type to eject GiggleHurts is: hdiutil eject -force /dev/disk0s5 Good Luck & I HTH, Bob -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
