[Udpcast] Ejecting the CD-ROM before broadcast

[Michael D. Setzer II]

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On 22 Jun 2006 at 10:29, Thomas Kuehling wrote:

Subject:        	Re: [Udpcast] Ejecting the CD-ROM before broadcast
From:           	Thomas Kuehling <thomas.kuehling at mapsolute.com>
To:             	Yannick Gingras <ygingras at ygingras.net>
Organization:   	Mapsolute GmbH
Date sent:      	Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:29:24 +0200
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> Hi Yannick,
> 
> i am not really fit in C, but on Linux it's enough to do just an eject
> without addressing the device. Just type in the bash "eject" and the
> device will be ejeceted.
> 
Later versions of the busybox have the eject as an optoin. I added it to the 
g4l cd, and use it with a frontend script that is downloaded from the ftp 
server to automate the process,

> On Mi, 2006-06-21 at 18:45 -0400, Yannick Gingras wrote:
> > Hi, I'd like to have my udpcast to eject its CD-ROM before a broadcast
> > so I can pick it and boot another box with it.  Yeah I could just push
> > the CD-ROM drive button but I'm a lazy bum.  cast-o-matic is a great
> > tool so I though I could just upload eject and call it.  Ok eject is
> > overkill, I did a smaller eject that I call miniject:
> > 
> >    #include <unistd.h>
> >    #include <stdlib.h>
> >    #include <stdio.h>
> >    #include <string.h>
> >    #include <fcntl.h>
> >    #include <limits.h>
> >    #include <sys/ioctl.h>
> >    #include <linux/cdrom.h>
> >    
> >    #define DEF_CDROM "/dev/cdrom"
> >    
> >    int main(int argc, char **argv)
> >    {
> >      int fd;
> >      if (argc > 1)
> >        fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK);
> >      else
> >        fd = open(DEF_CDROM, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK);    
> >      ioctl(fd, CDROMEJECT);
> >    }
> >    
> > But unfortunatly I can't find the cdrom device in /dev.  Are there any
> > modules that I should add to the image in order to have the cdrom
> > device created in /dev ?
> > 
> 
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
> Thomas Kühling
> 
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