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From: Ryan Viljoen <ravilj@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Ejecting an IPod
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 11:07:38
Message-Id: deb20110510190402s153244b9x90fd2b3c874a7e29@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Ejecting an IPod by "David D. Rea"
1 The eject doenst work unfortunately, the IPod is detected as /dev/uba.
2
3 On 10/19/05, David D. Rea <dave@×××××××.com> wrote:
4 >
5 > On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 11:16 +0200, Ryan Viljoen wrote:
6 > > Ok here is what I am wanting to do:
7 > >
8 > > I windows when you connect your IPod it autodetects it and brings up
9 > > itunes, then you can do the whole safely remove hardware blah blah.
10 > > After you have done that you no longer have the DO NOT DISCONNECT
11 > > screen on the IPod but it continues to charge. I would like to do the
12 > > same in linux. My IPod isnt currently mounted but when you connect it
13 > > creates a node in /dev. No how do I "disconnect" it so that it still
14 > > remains to charge and no longer has the DO NOT DISCONNECT screen?
15 >
16 > I use:
17 >
18 > `eject /dev/hd[a|b|c]` - sub in whatever letter your USB driver has
19 > assigned to your ipod.
20 >
21 > It probably won't work if you use "/dev/hda2" (which is the device file
22 > for the *partition* on which your music resides). You'll need to
23 > actually use the device, "/dev/hda". It usually takes a few seconds,
24 > then the command returns and my iPod mini's screen goes back to normal
25 > mode as it continues to charge.
26 >
27 > All of this as root, of course...
28 >
29 > Good luck,
30 > Dave
31 >
32 > --
33 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
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35 >
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37
38 --
39 "When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows", people just stare at
40 you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, for free". - Linus
41 Torvalds, 1995

Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] Ejecting an IPod Hans-Werner Hilse <hilse@×××.de>
Re: [gentoo-user] Ejecting an IPod Matan Peled <chaosite@×××××.com>