ipod ejecting problem

[NatureCyber Life]

i tried with the "sudo eject -s /dev/ipod" command and it told me there was
no such file, then i tried with "sudo eject -s /dev/sda2" and it told me
"/dev/sda2: cannot execute binary file". i dont know what a symlink is,
maybe im making a mistake?

 Well, ive tried with many different ways to remove my ipod safely and all i
get is "unable to open `/dev/sda'".

 I also waited more than a minute before opening the gtkpod and i kept
getting the warning message about not finding the itunes database.

 No matter what i try I cant figure out the way to get rid of the "do not
disconnect" message and im getting desperate, i hope someone knows why all
this problems happen and a nice way to go around them.
 Thank you Jules for your help.

On 12/29/05, Jules Dubois <4lvhgwz02 at sneakemail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thursday 29 December 2005 13:31, NatureCyber Life <nclife at gmail.com>
> (<520f3ee20512291231k6e843195ja5bf361c9ec8a189 at mail.gmail.com>) wrote:
>
> > anyone? i still cant figure out how to get rid of the "do not
> disconnect"
> > message to remove it safely.
>
> I use "eject -s /dev/ipod" where ipod is a symlink to sda2.  eject used to
> work reliably, but for some months, it only works once or twice after a
> reboot.  When it doesn't work, I sometimes try again; then, eject usually
> tells me "unable to open /dev/sda2" and after it's told me that once, it
> always give the same error.
>
> Now, when eject fails, I just pull the cable after unmounting it and
> waiting
> at least a minute.
>
> I also wait at about a minute after attaching it to the computer before
> starting gtkpod (which I've configured to mount and unmount it).  When I
> wait, it never tells me it can't find its databases.
>
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