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Re: cd will not eject

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In article <l4pcsg$i7l$1@dont-email.me>, faeychild@noname.afraid.org
(faeychild) writes:

> This has been going on for years and it does infuriate me.
>
> The procedure is this.
> I pop a new distro dvd into the drive and reboot. I get as far as the
> partitioning process and decide to continue another time.
> So I try the eject button to no avail, then I reboot and attempt eject
> the disk. But the boot process runs straight through to the install
> disk again and it wont eject.
>
> I have experienced this for years; am I the only one?
> On some occasions I have damn near kicked the box across the room.
>
> Why does eject not eject?

Mounted CDs won't eject; you must unmount them first.

As for rebooting, you're probably waiting too long before trying
to eject the disc.  You should be able to eject it if you press
the button before the BIOS tries to access the drive.

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cd will not eject faeychild <faeychild@noname.afraid.org> - 2013-10-30 09:29 +1100
  Re: cd will not eject HASM <netnews@invalid.com> - 2013-10-29 15:42 -0700
  Re: cd will not eject Johann Klammer <klammerj@NOSPAM.a1.net> - 2013-10-30 02:06 +0100
  Re: cd will not eject Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2013-10-30 13:05 +0000
  Re: cd will not eject "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2013-10-30 09:10 -0800
  Re: cd will not eject faeychild <faeychild@noname.afraid.org> - 2013-10-31 09:20 +1100
    Re: cd will not eject notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2013-10-30 23:08 +0000
      Re: cd will not eject Kirk_Von_Rockstein <Kirk_Von_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid> - 2013-10-30 23:26 +0000
        Re: cd will not eject notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2013-10-30 23:36 +0000
          Re: cd will not eject "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2013-10-30 21:29 -0800
          Re: cd will not eject faeychild <faeychild@noname.afraid.org> - 2013-10-31 21:07 +1100
        Re: cd will not eject faeychild <faeychild@noname.afraid.org> - 2013-10-31 21:05 +1100
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