ESX 3.0 cdrom problem – won’t mount / won’t work for Guest

Error received when mounting

[root@wesx3 root]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom/

mount: /dev/cdrom: can’t read superblock

from /var.log/messages

Apr 27 09:40:06 wesx3 modprobe: modprobe: Can’t locate module ide-cd

Fix with the following:

1) remove the line from /etc/vmware/esx.conf by running:

nano /boot/kernelAppend = “hda=ide-scsi”

2) remove hda=ide-scsi from /etc/grub.conf using nano again:

nano /etc/grub.conf

3) reboot the machine.

That’s it!]]>

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