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Вот что написано в B2V Guide to VMware ESX server:

Mount file system This command can be used with the –t switch to specify file system type, e.g. nfs, smbfs or iso9660 mount -t nfs [-o options] esx4:/vmimages /root/other_server_vmimages To mount a cd, you could just use mount /mnt/cdrom For defined mount points we use the file /etc/fstab. We can also use mount to gain access at the service console to an ISO image or floppy disk image using the following mount syntax: mount -o loop cdname.iso mount-directory If you want to make your own ISOs then you can use the utility mkisofs (not included in the service console) to select the files and create the ISO file, then use the cdrecord utility to write to device.

Попробуйте смонтировать не устройство /dev/cdrom, а сразу точку монтирования /mnt/cdrom. Заодно проверьте командой lsmod, загрузился ли у вас модуль ide_cd.