>Mars wrote:
>> Hmmm. Not sure. There are two forms of "eject"; one is harsher, and
>> doesn't leave the drive's volume entry intact. That one may eject in
>> spite of open items.
>
>I think the "eject & dismount" form actually does nothing if the volume
>has items in use, while the "eject but don't dismount" form will spit
>the disk out and show its icon "greyed-out" on the desktop.  The catch
>is: it is also likely to cause a "please insert the disk" alert which
>you can't get rid of unless you actually re-insert the disk.
>
>- Rick

Well, you can hit cmd-[period] a couple of times and it will stop asking
for the disk. Of course, you still have to do something about any items in
use. Then again, that makes sense ;)

*Chris