HADOOP-1802 Startup scripts should wait until hdfs as cleared 'safe mode' M bin/start-hbase.sh Wait to exit 'safe mode' before proceeding w/ startup. If the wait fails, usually because there is no fs, exit with error.
lucene/hadoop/trunk/src/contrib/hbase/CHANGES.txt
lucene/hadoop/trunk/src/contrib/hbase/bin/start-hbase.sh