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How can I setup cdrom in VMware virtual machine

Hi,
I'm new to Vmware 3.5 world. I received a message "operating system not found".
I already put windows 2003 in host cdrom. It seems the vm cannot find cdrom.
I have tried setup cd/dvd as host device(/dev/scd0) and Client Device. Both of them gave me same error when I restart the vm.
How can I setup cdrom correctly in vm?

Thanks,

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luyan

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Is there a way I can use cd/dvd drive on host?

Thanks,

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nope

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za_mkh

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yep, but this is a client cd, not host's cd...

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luyan

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Connecting to client cdrom is good for me.
And I have tried to connect host cdrom.
I'm unlucky.
When I was using "mount /dev/cdrom", it showed me unknown device.
I found there are scd0 ~ 8 in /dev and tried "mount /dev/scd0", it showed me "mount: can't find /dev/scd0 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab"

Thanks,

za_mkh

Good catch Mesik. Didn't realise ESXi couldn't use the Host's CD-ROM Device. We normally just use our ISO datastore for all our ESX / ESXi Hosts.
To the original poster. Sorry for misreading your original post. Didn't realise you were talking about the host device. :}