From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 18 19:25:03 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2AD916A4CE for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:25:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail15.speakeasy.net (mail23.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7103643D1D for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:25:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: (qmail 5728 invoked from network); 18 Jan 2005 19:25:02 -0000 Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail15.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 18 Jan 2005 19:25:02 -0000 Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id F087469; Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:25:01 -0500 (EST) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: "Galanaki, Dimitrios" References: <417FBD79471FC74E98397AF3640E6AC531F56A@phyexha.physics.uiuc.edu> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 18 Jan 2005 14:25:01 -0500 In-Reply-To: <417FBD79471FC74E98397AF3640E6AC531F56A@phyexha.physics.uiuc.edu> Message-ID: <44mzv6a6b6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 31 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: atapicam error message X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:25:03 -0000 "Galanaki, Dimitrios" writes: > I am referring to the standard non-critical kernel error message: > > cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present Not only is it non-critical, it's not an error message. > This occurs when one compiles the device atapicam to access the atapi CD > through the SCSI interface. > In addition to this message there is a very > annoying 30 something second delay. 15 seconds, perhaps? As in options SCSI_DELAY=15000 # Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI in the GENERIC kernel? You can cut down that delay safely unless you have other, slow, SCSI devices. > 1) Does anyone know the origin of this message? > 2) How do I get rid of it without having to put a CD in the tray before a > boot? Why bother? It's a boot-time informational message, and it's correct. There are lots of other messages about the state of the system when you boot, too; I suppose it would be possible to come up with a way to provide for a less verbose boot (the same way that you can currently request a *more* verbose set of boot messages), but the utility of such a "feature" is low enough that no one has been inspired to provide it.