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.
So there are no VMWare processes running while you are trying this. You've checked "ps" ....
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