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From: feldman@umd5.umd.edu (Mark Feldman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: OD eject
Message-ID: <5748@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: 7 Dec 89 17:13:04 GMT
References: <31020@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Reply-To: feldman@umd5.umd.edu (Mark Feldman)
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
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In article <31020@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> hughes@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (larry hughes) writes:
>Can anyone explain why:
>
>   # disk -e /dev/od0a
>
>returns "get info: Inappropriate ioctl for device" when the manual
>pages explicitly state that "disk -e" will eject an optical disk?

You must use the raw partition (/dev/rod0a).

  # disk -e /dev/rod0a

works for me.

  Mark