Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 09:33:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 09:33:04 -0500 Received: from filesrv1.baby-dragons.com ([199.33.245.55]:14 "EHLO filesrv1.baby-dragons.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 09:32:51 -0500 Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 06:32:40 -0800 (PST) From: "Mr. James W. Laferriere" To: Per Erik Stendahl cc: "'Linux Kernel'" Subject: Re: Unmounting and ejecting the root fs on shutdown. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello Per , Has anyone gotten back to you on this subject ? I as well am very interested in any information about releiving this difficulty . Tia , JimL On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Per Erik Stendahl wrote: > Hi! > I'm putting together a maintenance/rescue CD. It's bootable with > RH6.2 (2.2.16) "installed" - ie the root fs is on the CD itself, no > harddrives involved. I've run across a slight inconvenience: > when I shutdown the CD is still locked in the drive. I have to power-off > then power-on again to get the CD out of the drive. Is there any way > I can get the kernel to unlock the CD and even possibly eject it > on shutdown? If kernel-hacking is required could somebody please > point to where it should be done? (I'm not very familiar with the > kernel-layout). > TIA, > Per Erik Stendahl +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network Engineer | 25416 22nd So | Give me Linux | | babydr@baby-dragons.com | DesMoines WA 98198 | only on AXP | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/