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[ale] Q: Zipdisk won't eject @#$!! disk
- Subject: [ale] Q: Zipdisk won't eject @#$!! disk
- From: jkinney at teller.physics.emory.edu (jkinney)
- Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 17:13:57 -0400 (EDT)
Did you unmount the disk first?
The reboot process will unmount it allowing the disk to be ejected.
On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, John M. Mills wrote:
>
> I have an IDE Iomega zip100 drive, and it refuses to spit out the *(@#!!
> disks. Pushing the button gets no result. Console command no better:
>
> # eject zip
> eject: inquiry ioctl error: I/O error
> eject: CDROMEJECT ioctl failed for `/dev/hdc4': I/O error
>
> or:
> # eject hdc
> eject: inquiry ioctl error: I/O error
> eject: CDROMEJECT ioctl failed for `/dev/hdc': I/O error
>
> Maybe duct tape _is_ the answer. FWIW: 2.0.33 kernel, IDE floppy built
> OK, transfers seem to go OK, drive is on its side (button downward), I'm
> tired of rebooting my system into windows (won't turn loose till Win is
> running) just to change the zip disk.
>
> Suggestions? Things to look for?
>
> TIA
>
> John M. Mills, Senior Research Engineer -- john.mills at gtri.gatech.edu
> Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 30332-0834
> Phone contacts: 404.894.0151 (voice), 404.894.6285 (FAX)
> "Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and Simulations"
>
Jim Kinney M.S.
jkinney at teller.physics.emory.edu
Educational Technology Specialist 404-727-4734
Department of Physics Emory University