>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

Hit Cmd-period enough time and the file mgr will assume you don't want to 
reinsert the disk and will do the full dismount on it

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