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- #!/bin/bash
- # odde (Optical Drive Disabler and Enabler)
- # Ben Atkin (ben@benatkin.com)
- # 2009-01-05
- #
- # NO WARRANTY!
- #
- # Please only run this if you can grok the code.
- #
- # This will disable and enable your optical drive. It requires a restart.
- # It is not known what effect other software (including software updates)
- # will have on this if they do anything with this kernel extension.
- #
- # I created this because I've found the optical drive noise my MacBook
- # makes when it comes out of sleep to be annoying at times. Unfortunately
- # it still makes that noise.
- ddir='/System/Library/Disabled Extensions'
- dkext='/System/Library/Disabled Extensions/IODVDStorageFamily.kext'
- ekext='/System/Library/Extensions/IODVDStorageFamily.kext'
- check_for_root ()
- {
- if [ $(id -u) != 0 ]; then
- echo "You must be root to execute this script."
- exit 67
- fi
- }
- case $1 in
- 'disable')
- check_for_root
- if [ -a "$dkext" ]; then
- echo "The optical drive has already been disabled. Try restarting."
- exit 1
- fi
- echo 'Please remove any disc(s) from your optical drive(s) and press return.'
- read
- mkdir -p "$ddir" && mv "$ekext" "$dkext"
- echo 'Your optical drive will be disabled after you restart.'
- ;;
- 'enable')
- check_for_root
- if [ -a "$ekext" ]; then
- echo "The optical drive is already enabled. Try restarting."
- exit 1
- fi
- mv "$dkext" "$ekext"
- echo 'Your optical drive will be enabled after you restart.'
- ;;
- *)
- echo "usage: $0 disable or $0 enable"
- ;;
- esac
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