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

[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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