Unmount a CD through the terminal?

[GoKyu]

I just finished watching a DVD, and for some reason when I drag the disc to the trash, the icon goes away, but the disc doesn't eject.

I tried rebooting, and that puts the icon back on the desktop, but even hitting the eject key on the keyboard won't do anything.

I know under Linux you can use the umount command to unmount a CD, but when I go under /dev, I don't see any devices that look like they would be CDs. (I think Linux usually uses /dev/cdrom for an active disc.)

Does anyone know which device names OS X uses for the cd drives? I have 2 CD drives in my system.

Thanks for any help with this!

-Bryan

 

[CanadaRAM]

Simpler -- open iTunes. Select Eject Disk from the menus.
Or - restart, and hold the mouse button down throughout the startup procedure.

 

[benlangdon]

what about disk utility?
maybe repair disk permissions?

 

[tbohlsennswssrg]

I just finished watching a DVD, and for some reason when I drag the disc to the trash, the icon goes away, but the disc doesn't eject.

I tried rebooting, and that puts the icon back on the desktop, but even hitting the eject key on the keyboard won't do anything.

I know under Linux you can use the umount command to unmount a CD, but when I go under /dev, I don't see any devices that look like they would be CDs. (I think Linux usually uses /dev/cdrom for an active disc.)

Does anyone know which device names OS X uses for the cd drives? I have 2 CD drives in my system.

Thanks for any help with this!

-Bryan

Here try this:

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20020920054404475

 

[GoKyu]

Here try this:

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20020920054404475

Awesome, exactly what I needed...I was able to unmount and get the disc out, thanks!

-Bryan

 

[Am3822]

Out of curiosity -- doesn't the command 'umount /Volumes/[your disk name]' work with audio CDs as well?