Sun Microsystems enterprise server 220r User Manual

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Sun Enterprise 220R Server Owner’s Guide • October 1999

How to Eject a Compact Disc With
Software Commands

Before You Begin

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:

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What to Do

1. Kill processes accessing the CD-ROM drive, if necessary.

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

Note –

You should warn users before abruptly halting processes. The command

fuser -u /cdrom/cdrom0

helps you identify who’s accessing the CD-ROM drive.

Refer to the Solaris System Administrator’s Guide for more information about the

fuser

command.

2. From the console device, type:

The CD-ROM disc should eject.

% su

Password:

# fuser -k /cdrom/cdrom0

% eject cdrom0