Re: [PARPORT] Ejecting a Syquest Cartridge


grant@torque.net
Fri, 24 Jul 1998 14:50:55 -0400 (EDT)


> Can anyone tell me how to eject a Syquest Sparq Cartridge by a
> command at a shell prompt?

If you are using the PARIDE 'pd' driver, you should be able to do

        eject /dev/pda

providing the disk is not mounted.

pd accepts the same ioctl that CD-ROM drives use, so the standard eject
command should work.

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