Wait 15 seconds for SCSI to settle

[Miguel Cardenas]

> I have installed FreeBSD5.2.1-RELEASE on Vmware.
> When booting I am seeing the message "Wait 15 seconds for SCSI to settle".
> The problem is I am not using any SCSI device on my virtual machine. I
> tried "sysctl kern.cam.scsi_delay=100" but no improvement.
> ...
> I want to squeeze maximum performance out of this setting. So, any pointer
> to the right direction will be appreciated.

I use FreeBSD in the same way as you... never have tried to do what you want, 
but I remember (not 100% sure) that when you create the new virtual machine 
it tells you that will use:

IDE Adapter: ATAPI

SCSI  Adapter: BusLogic /LSI Logic

I guess it uses *both* interfaces although you only use an IDE 
virtual/physical disk/partition and the kernel tries to access it... it is 
like if you have a SCSI card without a CDROM/HDD connected to???

It does not let you choose to use or not SCSI, just select the type... I think 
the goal could be to *disable* the SCSI support on the virtual machine, not 
to configure the freebsd... The best option could be contact VMware tech 
support or forums to ask how to disable SCSI...

Regards.