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Old 08-20-2003, 10:07 PM   #1
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DMESG is not outputting anything, how can I fix it?


hi guys, when I type dmesg to see what the kernel is outputtin during boot up, I get this message:

Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.


Why, and how can I fix it?, thanks/
 
Old 08-20-2003, 10:16 PM   #2
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wooow whats is this???
your system working fine, yeah?

just like you have not hard drive to dmesg LOL :P

well well well... ehh
I suggest you to recompile your kernel with some optimization settings, maybe there's something wrong in it (like, you are loading SCSI HD and somewhat dmesg try to load it? I dunno, it's really the only idea I see).

Do you have strange error msg in log files?

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Old 08-20-2003, 11:29 PM   #3
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well, since I didn't mention it, I will now

I have Scsi Hardrives, and Scsi everything UItraWide Scsi.

So, I'm not sure if that is what's doing it...
what do you think?
 
Old 08-20-2003, 11:38 PM   #4
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zLinuxz,

Are you getting the same errors you were getting when you posted this thread
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=20252

It may be your CD-RW.
I say that because it was the most common device related to this issue.

I google'd your error message and the posts I found mentioned that a module may not be getting loaded.
Or a bug within a scsi driver, therefore, recompile your kernel.
Another post mentioned that the system was trying to mount the CD-ROM even though there is no CD in the drive.

In the end, there was no clear answer.
 
Old 08-20-2003, 11:48 PM   #5
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Woa, yeah, the same error from that over 1 year old post I made, hahaha, thanks for the reminder, I did what Jeremy suggested on that other post, and it worked!
less /var/log/dmesg

does the trick.

I now think it's the emulation of the CD-RW.

Because in order for my CD-burning software to see my SCSI CD-RW, I need to also emulate the SCSI drive, eventhough it is already a scsi.

but anyway, that line above worked fine, thanks a lot guys!,

zLinuxz
 
Old 08-21-2003, 08:39 AM   #6
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For future reference what CD burning software are you using that you need SCSI emulation for a SCSI device?
 
Old 08-21-2003, 11:02 AM   #7
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Old 08-21-2003, 07:41 PM   #8
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anyone!
what's different between a SCSI emulated to SCSI and an IDE emulated to SCSI?
both SCSI emulated! what's a strange question.
 
Old 08-23-2003, 01:10 AM   #9
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that one is truely a SCSI and the other one only appears to be SCSI.

Some software is dumb, and whether the hardware is SCSI or not SCSI it need the emulation set in the Kernel...why?, because that's the way it was programmed.
Sorry...
 
  


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