On Jun 18 09:02:43, Ted Roby wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Ted Unangst <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Jan Stary <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> Does this depend on support from the hardware
> >> (the CD drive remembering the eject request)?
> >
> > If I'm not mistaken, this is dependent on the drive. When a CD is
> > mounted, the drive is told it is busy. When unmounted, it is told not
> > busy. The eject command is delivered, but it is delayed until the
> > drive isn't busy. The same effect should be observable with the eject
> > button as well.
> >
>
> This is absolutely the case on a Macbook and Apple hardware in general.
I forgot to add: this *is* a macbook.
Thanks for the insight.
Jan
> I experience the same situation where the eject command will wait for
> release of the mount, and requires that the umount command be explicitly
> given.
