Чеееееерт, как всегда - фигово ищем
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/searc ... 094477.htm
fact
Novell NetWare 6.5 Support Pack 2
Novell NetWare 6.0 Support Pack 5
Novell NetWare 5.1 Support Pack 7
VMWARE 4.x
symptom
NetWare install fails in VMWARE because the CD-ROM wont mount as a volume.
fix
Replace the IDECD.CDM and IDECD.DDI with a previous version (March 2003). It is the driver that is causing the issue.