NewSourceMedia Blog » unmount http://newsourcemedia.com/blog Focused on Interactive Design, Development and Marketing Mon, 07 May 2012 01:26:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Eject or Unmount a disk through the Terminal http://newsourcemedia.com/blog/eject-or-unmount-a-disk-through-the-terminal/ http://newsourcemedia.com/blog/eject-or-unmount-a-disk-through-the-terminal/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2004 00:22:11 +0000 admin http://newsourcemedia.com/blog/1969/12/31/eject-or-unmount-a-disk-through-the-terminal/ Continue reading →]]> Having problem unmounting your disk? Try using your Terminal application before restarting.
  1. Open the Terminal application.
  2. Then type 'df'. This will display a list of all mounted disk items.
  3. Find the disk you want to eject.
  4. The disk I was looking to unmount displayed like this: "/dev/disk1s1s2 208484 208484 0 100% /Volumes/Alex Model Pix".
  5. Above you see first a Unix name "/dev/disk1s1s2" followed by the CD volume name "/Volumes/Alex Model Pix".
  6. Now type "hdiutil eject FullUnixName" to eject it.
  7. Example: "hdiutil eject /dev/disk1s1s2".
That's it. If this does not work. Just restart or poke a pin inside the hidden eject hole by the disk tray if there is one.]]> http://newsourcemedia.com/blog/eject-or-unmount-a-disk-through-the-terminal/feed/ 8