Why does vgdisplay show a "/dev/hda: open failed: No medium found" message?

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Issue

vgdisplay or the LVM startup scripts display a warning message similar to the following:

/dev/hda: open failed: No medium found

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • CD-ROM or DVD drive

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