kernel 2.2.15 has a known problem w/ the cdrom support.
you should update yoru kernel from your distro's eratta updates.
rgds,
-Greg
On 06-May-01 Joshua Burvill wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone might be able
> to give me a pointer with this.
>
> When I boot the vm from a windows/dos
> boot up floppy with the dos cd driver,
> most of the time it says that no cdrom
> drive can be found. There are no kernel
> messages associated with this.
>
> On two occasions the dos cd driver actually loaded but the speed
> when accessing the cdrom was exceedingly slow - it took about a minute
> to do a dir listing of the cd.
>
> BTW, the cd drive works perfectly well except within the vm
>
> ** Using debian 2.2r2, kernel 2.2.15, vmware workstation 2.0.1
>
> TIA, Josh
>
> PS When running with kernel 2.4.3, I also
> had a lot of errors trying to read
> the floppy drive from the vm, which is
> why I am currently using an older kernel,
> which has improved the situation quite a
> bit, although I still get the occasional
> error:
> kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0
>
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