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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 4 machines - no /dev/cdrom or /dev/dvd anymore
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:32:49
Message-Id: 201301080750.08866.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 4 machines - no /dev/cdrom or /dev/dvd anymore by "J. Roeleveld"
1 On Tuesday 08 Jan 2013 07:09:40 J. Roeleveld wrote:
2 > On Mon, 7 Jan 2013 22:53:19 +0000
3 >
4 > Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
5 > > On Monday 07 Jan 2013 07:35:32 Dale wrote:
6 > >
7 > > BTW, pressing the touch sensitive button on the laptop to eject the
8 > > CD won't work, neither will typing eject in a terminal:
9 > >
10 > > $ eject
11 > > eject: tried to use `/mnt/cdrom' as device name but it is no block
12 > > device eject: unable to find or open device for: `cdrom'
13 > >
14 > > So, eject is still looking for cdrom ...
15 > >
16 > > Either all commands and legacy apps should update themselves, or I
17 > > better follow Mark's suggestion?
18 >
19 > Mick,
20 >
21 > You can tell "eject" which device to eject by adding the device-name to
22 > the command, eg:
23 > # eject /dev/sr0
24 >
25 > This also works with USB-drives/sticks :)
26 >
27 > --
28 > Joost
29
30 Yes, of course, otherwise I would be rather stuck, or would have to make
31 symlinks, or even boot into MSWindows ... just to eject a CD!
32 --
33 Regards,
34 Mick

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