The machine is shut down and rebooted . A collegue here suggested powerimg down , pulling out and in the power cables , and powering it up.... JYard UCLA -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James D. Parra Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 1:47 PM To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list' Subject: RE: off topic - excuse me Someone installed vmware on this system , and if I put the install cd in the cdrom drive it simply ignores it. Does anyone have any experience with this odd behavior ? JYard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Shutdown the vmware client machine. It is probably grabbing focus of the install CD/DVD. James -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list