Index: src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/CatalogTracker.java =================================================================== --- src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/CatalogTracker.java (revision 1196409) +++ src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/CatalogTracker.java (working copy) @@ -412,7 +412,8 @@ try { if (waitForMeta(100) != null) break; } catch (NotAllMetaRegionsOnlineException e) { - LOG.info("Retrying", e); + LOG.info(".META. still not available, sleeping and retrying." + + " Reason: " + e.getMessage()); } catch (IOException e) { LOG.info("Retrying", e); }