cant mount drive

[Thornton]

> And does VMWare grab the cdrom for Window's use such that Linux can't 
> use it anymore?  ie, does VMWare automount the D: (or whatever drive) 
> before your can mount the drive in Linux?

My understanding of it is vmware only grabs the hardware while it is
actually utilized.  I have not even started vmware daring this bootup so
it shouldn't have anything to do with it.  At least thats my
understanding how vmware works.