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Description of problem:
Log file get poluted with messages of the form

Dec 16 19:22:41 varja kernel: Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in
the drive.
Dec 16 19:22:42 varja kernel: sym53c875-1-<4,*>: target did not report SYNC.
Dec 16 19:22:43 varja last message repeated 10 times
Dec 16 19:22:43 varja kernel: Device not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in
the drive.

and so forth, on an on.  The device in question is a Yamaha CDR400t
on SCSI bus.  It's unclear whetehr the diagnostic comes from the automounter
probing the device or whether the SCSI subsystem complaining  and logging the
complaint.

I would assert that having nothing in the drive should not be a problem.

The workaround is to always have a cdrom in the drive :-(



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install RH7.3 on machine with CRROM
2. Remove CDROM from drive
3. Inspect logs (or listen to the disk writing the record ever few seconds)
    

Actual Results:  Disk clatters, logs fill. 

Expected Results:  The probe for a CRDOM should have been silent with no diagnostic.

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