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From: jo1m+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeffrey T. Oplinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: 6.0.7 Idiosyncrasy ?
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Date: 16 Nov 90 21:23:04 GMT
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>I installed System 6.0.7 a couple of days ago, and have 
>noticed that when I eject a disk with Command-E, the disk
>does eject, but the disk icon remains, though unhilited.
> 
>Periodically, the my Mac asks for that old disk back before
>it will perform any other task...any totally *unrelated*
>task (like calling up a DA).
> 
>What gives?

    This happens with all the mac systems.  You can attempt to dismiss a
"switch disk" dialog/alert by pressing coomand - period.  If the disk is
badly wanted (i.e. contains system files it is using or applications
you're running), the dialog will reappear.  Repeated dismissals of a
dialog that keeps popping up can then cause the Mac to think it's having
I/O problems and possibly crash.  If the disk contains nothing the mac
needs badly, usually one or two tries does the trick, and the system
will "unmount" the disk without needing to see it again.
    I believe that if you hold down option while pressing command - e to
eject a disk, it will unmount the volume (the icon will disappear) in
addition to just plain ejecting it.  This technique seems safest.  I
don't think it works for the fkeys (cmd shift 1 & 2) though...

                            -- Jeff