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You may also specify whether you want the virtual disk created as one large file
or split into a set of 2GB files. You should split your virtual disk if it may be stored
on a FAT32 file system.
6. Accept the default filename and location for the virtual disk file or change it, if
you want to use a different name or location. To find a different folder, click
Browse.
If you want to specify a device node for your virtual disk, click Advanced.
On the advanced settings panel, you can also specify a disk mode. This is useful
in certain special-purpose configurations in which you want to exclude disks
from the snapshot. For more information on the snapshot feature, see Using the
Snapshot on page 182.
Normal disks are included in the snapshot. In most cases, this is the setting you
want — with Independent deselected.
Independent disks are not included in the snapshot. If you select Independent,
you have the following options:
Persistent — Changes are immediately and permanently written to the disk.
Nonpersistent — Changes to the disk are discarded when you power off or
revert to the snapshot.
When you have set the filename and location you want to use and have made
any selections you want to make on the advanced settings panel, click Finish.
7. The wizard creates the new virtual disk. It appears to your guest operating
system as a new, blank hard disk. Use the guest operating systems tools to
partition and format the new drive for use.
Adding DVD or CD Drives to a Virtual Machine
You can add one or more DVD or CD drives to your virtual machine. You can connect
the virtual machine’s drive to a physical drive on the host machine or to an ISO image
file.
If the virtual machine’s drive is connected to an ISO image, that ISO image is included
in the package for distribution to end users.
You can configure the virtual DVD or CD drive as either IDE or SCSI, no matter what
kind of physical drive you connect it to. In other words, if your host computer has an
IDE CD drive, you can set up the virtual machine’s drive as either SCSI or IDE and
connect it to the hosts drive. The same is true if the host’s physical drive is a SCSI drive.