topic Re: Command for eject cd from cdrom in Operating System - HP-UX

Command for eject cd from cdrom

Patricia_2 — Mon, 11 Sep 2000 08:46:52 GMT

Hi,

What is the command for eject a cd from cdrom?

Thanks in Advance.

Regards,
Pat

Re: Command for eject cd from cdrom

Stefan Farrelly — Mon, 11 Sep 2000 08:52:26 GMT

There isnt one on HP-UX. umount the CD from HP-UX and then you have to manually press the eject/unload button on the actual CD drive.

Re: Command for eject cd from cdrom

Rick Garland — Mon, 11 Sep 2000 12:06:26 GMT

For HP-UX, umount the CD and then press the button.

Re: Command for eject cd from cdrom

Andreas Voss — Mon, 11 Sep 2000 13:02:45 GMT

Hi,

i put you a C source at attachment which i have extracted and modified from xmcd (CD player).
It umounts and sends a scsi command to cdrom for eject. May not work with all drivers.
I've tested it on K220 with character driver major 188 (/dev/rdsk/c?t?d0) and it worked.
You can obtain your device file from ioscan -fnC disk.

Regards

Andrew

Re: Command for eject cd from cdrom

Cheryl Griffin — Mon, 11 Sep 2000 14:59:53 GMT

There is an open enhancment request for this in the enhancement/problem report database.

Re: Command for eject cd from cdrom

P V Patel — Mon, 11 Sep 2000 19:18:11 GMT

Hi,
First unmount the cdrom drive.(If you are not able to unmount cdrom drive, some user may be working in corresponding /cdrom directory/subdirectory. Ask them to come out of that directory and then unmount cdrom drive).
After that physicall press eject button on cdrom drive.
P V Patel