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Reader Reports 
How To Eject A Stuck Disk WITHOUT Using Open Firmware
I read with stunned disbelief the apple knowledge base article
suggesting that you reboot(!) and use open firmware(!) to eject an
un-ejectable CD or Firewire drive. This is a bit like cracking a
peanut with an hydraulic press. How about just doing this from the
terminal:
- fstat | grep Diskname.......................(to see if any files are open)
- df...............................................(to get the /dev name of the drive)
- hdiutil eject -force /dev/drivename...(where you got drivename from df)
This works fine for me and has never, to my knowledge caused any troubles with
the Firewire drive that I use. The OSX Finder just seems to have trouble
knowing when a drive is/isn't "in use". If you use fstat to first
verify that the disk is not in use, then I don't see how this can
harm the drive or cause data loss.
Chuck Bouldin
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