-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greg Freemyer wrote: > On 5/31/07, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> James Hatridge wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > Sometimes I have a CD/DVD go bad etc and it will not come out of the CD >> > reader. As root I try the eject command and it will not work saying >> that the >> > CD is busy. So far I've ended up rebooting to get the !"ยง$ CD out. >> Is there a >> > way to force the eject command to work without rebooting? >> > >> > >> >> Many drives have a small hole, where you can insert a piece of stiff >> wire, to force an eject. > > They sell those stiff wires in a nice convenient bent over shape. You > just unbend it and stick in the hole with a little bit of force. > > They can even multi-task as paperclips, but I rarely use them for that. > > Greg
A word of caution, this is a manual release originally intended for use when the unit has powered down. Using this when the device is actually doing something is probably not wise, unless you know that the release mechanism has been designed to kill rotation before ejection. I have also been in the situation where software has promptly reloaded the disc (and nearly my fingers in the process). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGX3BHasN0sSnLmgIRAtAtAJ9Q0k2ZXgMS8L4oolKSFMCZz+46KgCg8hR/ gvmSRHRadgY7d6tVqUK9lvA= =ZtXd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
