Hi guys just want to give you a little update on my progress.

I've encountered a problem with my CD-Rom drive functionality; whether it's attributed to the OS/2 side or VMware I'm not entirely sure.

Basically, the problem occurs during the base OS/2 installion. Shortly after MPTS is installed the system has to reboot and attempts to continue network support installation. However, after rebooting, CD-Rom support is gone. OS/2 doesn't detect the CD-Rom drive at all and thus you get several errors about not being about to find srvrexx.exe on your CD and the install hangs.

Anyone have a clue why I'm losing CD-Rom functionality half way through my installation? Furthermore, any advice on how to fix the problem?

Side Note: If do perform the base installation without network support, the installation completes. However, upon booting into the OS and checking which drives are available one notices that CD-Rom functionality is again not available.

This is really throwing me for a loop since the CD-Rom works perfectly until the machine has to reboot during installation or at the end.