On Saturday 15 October 2005 07:38, oleksandr korneta wrote: > on 10/15/2005 03:44 AM Thomas Taylor wrote: > > On Friday 14 October 2005 11:45, Bikehead wrote: > >>Paul Lemmons wrote: > >>>look at the "eject" command: man eject > >>> > >>>On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 15:44 -0700, Bikehead wrote: > >>>>I have an IBM T42p. I am running the latest rawhide system and I > >>>> wanted to try ejecting the drive from the bay. I found some mentiond > >>>> of /proc/acpi/ibm/bay which reports the bay status and accepts the > >>>> command "eject". However, when I send 'echo "eject" > > >>>> /proc/acpi/ibm/bay' the system freezes. I googled around and I can't > >>>> find any documentation on how one might eject a drive bay that isn't > >>>> for pre-2.6 kernels. Can someone give me some pointers on what I > >>>> might be doing wrong if anything? > >>>> > >>>>Thanks > >>>> > >>>>-- > >>>>. __o Brian "la lumaca" > >>>> _`\<,_ > >>>>(*)/ (*) > >> > >>Umm, the 'eject' command is for ejecting the media in the drive not the > >>whole drive from the laptop bay right? Sorry, but I don't understand > >>how this command helps me with swapping the drive out of the laptop bay. > >> > >>-- > >>. __o Brian "la lumaca" > >> _`\<,_ > >> (*)/ (*) > > > > You need to read your user manual for the laptop, especially the section > > about removal and installation of drives. This IS NOT a software > > function!!! > > in facts it is a software function. ms_windows_xp has an icon in the > system tray for stop/remove hardware operation, similar to one for usb > devices. But this one, I suspect, really does matter. > > > -- > regards, > Oleksandr Korneta Guess laptops have come a long way since I had one. That was in the early IBM Thinkpad days and drives were not replaceable without physically opening the case. Appologies for an incorrect answer. Tom -- Tom Taylor Linux user #263467 Federal Way, WA Iraq war: 1,962 US soldiers dead and counting
