Re: strange message in /var/log/messages

[cgalpin lighthouse-software com]

On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Allen Wayne Best wrote:

> hello:
> 
> i just rebooted my server (rh 7.0) and started getting some most cryptic 
> messages:
> 
> Oct 24 22:37:57 mesozoic kernel: Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc 
> in the drive.
> Oct 24 22:40:20 mesozoic last message repeated 116 times
> Oct 24 22:40:32 mesozoic last message repeated 58 times
> Oct 24 22:41:21 mesozoic last message repeated 112 times
> Oct 24 22:41:33 mesozoic last message repeated 112 times
> 
> i finally traced it to the cd-rw (yamaha 4416) that has been on the system 
> for months. this is the first time this has happened. when i put a disk in 
> the cd-rw (any disk), these messages cease. the moment i push the eject 
> button, it starts putting the messages into the message log.

I have the same drive, and used to get these messages too. At the time I
blamed it on VMWare (with windows running). This was really a guess and I
never proved it.

The other thing could be the program that detects when CDs are inserted
and launches apps (forget the name).

For whatever reason it has ceased for me (and I haven't used VMWare for a
while). I'm also runnign 7.1 on that machine right now.
 
> if i put a cd (any cd in the drive), and mount it as root, then attempt to 
> unmount it, i get this message:umount: 
> 
> [root mesozoic /root]# umount /mnt/cdrom1
> /mnt/cdrom1: device is busy

mmh, never got this though

charles