Chapter 5 Using and Servicing Internal Storage Devices 141
How to Eject a Digital Video Disc (DVD)
With Software Commands
Before You Begin
■ Verify that no users are accessing the drive
Note – You should warn users before abruptly halting processes. The command
fuser -u /cdrom/cdrom0 helps you identify who’s accessing the DVD drive.
Refer to the Solaris System Administrator’s Guide for more information about the
fuser command.
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:
■ “About Communicating With the System” on page 33
What to Do
1. Kill processes accessing the DVD drive, if necessary.
The disc will not eject while the drive is in use. To kill any processes accessing the
DVD drive, become superuser and type the following:
% su
Password:
# fuser -k /cdrom/cdrom0
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