diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
index 60e5d48426..77814d0336 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
@@ -950,6 +950,20 @@ scsibus1:
 	conversion table on the fly.  Modules for some of the common
 	encodings are available via the
 	<port>sysutils/cd9660_unicode</port> port.)</para>
+
+      <para>Occasionally, you might get <errorname>Device not
+	configured</errorname> when trying to mount a CDROM.  This
+	usually means that the CDROM drive thinks that there is no
+	disk in the tray, or that the drive is not visible on the bus.
+	It can take a couple of seconds for a CDROM drive to realize
+	that it has been fed, so be patient.</para>
+
+      <para>Sometimes, a SCSI CDROM may be missed because it didn't
+	have enough time to answer the bus reset.  If you have a SCSI
+	CDROM please add the following option to your kernel
+	configuration and rebuild your kernel.</para>
+
+      <programlisting>options "SCSI_DELAY=15"</programlisting>
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2 id="rawdata-cd">