Sun Microsystems 280R manual How to Eject a Digital Video Disc DVD With Software Commands

How to Eject a Digital Video Disc (DVD) With Software Commands

Before You Begin

■Verify that no users are accessing the drive

Note –You should warn users before abruptly halting processes. The command fuser -u /cdrom/cdrom0helps you identify who’s accessing the DVD drive. Refer to the Solaris System Administrator’s Guide for more information about the fuser command.

If the server is set up without a local console, you need to set up a console on it in order to issue software commands; see:

■“About Communicating With the System” on page 33

What to Do

1.Kill processes accessing the DVD drive, if necessary.

The disc will not eject while the drive is in use. To kill any processes accessing the DVD drive, become superuser and type the following:

%su Password:

# fuser -k /cdrom/cdrom0

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