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Chapter 12 Configuring Virtual Machines
4IfyoudonotwanttheCD‐ROMdriveconnectedwhenthevirtualmachinestarts,
deselectConnectatpoweron.
5 SelecttheUsephysicaldriveradiobuttontoconnectthevirtualmachine’sdriv eto
aphysicaldriveonthehostcomputer.
YoucanaccessaclientCD‐ROMdeviceorhost
CD‐ROMdevice.Therearetwo
typesofDVD/CD‐ROMaccess:
aUsePass‐through(raw)modeonlyforremoteclientdeviceaccess.
bUseATAPIemulationtoaccessahostCD‐ROMdevice.
ThelocalorhostCD‐ROMdeviceisaccessedthroughemulationmode.
Pass‐throughmodeisnotfunctionalforlocal
hostCD‐ROMaccess.Youcan
writeorburnaremoteCDonlythroughpass‐throughmodeaccess,butin
emulationmodeyoucanonlyreadaCD‐ROMfromahostCD‐ROMdevice.
6Ifyouelectedtouseaphysicaldrive,choosethedrivetousefromthedrop
‐down
list.
7 Alternatively,selectUseISOImagetoconnectthevirtualmachine’sdrivetoan
ISOimagefile.
8IfyouselectedUseISOImage,clickBrowsetonavigatetothefile.
9UnderVirtualdevicenode,usethedrop‐downmenutochoosethedevicenodethe
driveusesinthevirtual
machine.
10 ClickOKtosaveyourchangesandclosethedialogbox.
To change the floppy drive configuration
1ClicktheHardwaretab.
2ClickthefloppydriveintheDevicelist.
3UnderDeviceStatus,selectConnectatpowerontoconnectthisvirtualmachine
tothefloppydrivewhenthevirtualmachineispoweredon.
4UnderConnection,selectUse
physicaldrivetouseaphysicaldrive,chooseClient
orHost,andchoosethedrivefromthelist.
5Touseafloppyimage,selectUseexistingfloppyImageorCreateanewfloppy
image,andbrowsetothefloppyimage.
6ClickOKtosaveyourchangesandclosethedialog
box.