[ale] Q: Zipdisk won't eject @#$!! disk

[jkinney]

My internal IDE zip always shows up on /dev/hdd4? 

On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Linux Idiot wrote:

> > # eject zip
> > eject: inquiry ioctl error: I/O error
> > eject: CDROMEJECT ioctl failed for `/dev/hdc4': I/O error
> > 
> > or:
> > # eject hdc
> > eject: inquiry ioctl error: I/O error
> > eject: CDROMEJECT ioctl failed for `/dev/hdc': I/O error
> > 
> > Maybe duct tape _is_ the answer.  FWIW: 2.0.33 kernel, IDE floppy built
> > OK, transfers seem to go OK, drive is on its side (button downward), I'm
> > tired of rebooting my system into windows (won't turn loose till Win is
> > running) just to change the zip disk.
> > 
> > Suggestions?  Things to look for?
> > 
> > TIA
> > 
> >   John M. Mills, Senior Research Engineer -- john.mills at gtri.gatech.edu
> >   Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 30332-0834
> >          Phone contacts: 404.894.0151 (voice), 404.894.6285 (FAX)
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> 
> --
> Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at denali.atlnet.com
> 
> You mean you paid MONEY for Service Pack '98????
> 

Jim Kinney M.S.
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Department of Physics			Emory University