Installation guide

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines
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5. Enter the location of the drive or floppy image in the Location field. For example,
the server’s floppy drive could be /dev/fd0.
6. Click OK to save your changes and close the window.
Configuring a Virtual Machine’s DVD-ROM or CD-ROM Drive
Each virtual machine can access a physical DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive on the server
or an ISO image file.
To configure the virtual machine’s DVD/CD-ROM drive, complete the following steps.
1. In the Hardware page, under DVD/CD-ROM Drive, click Edit. The DVD/CD-ROM
Drive page appears.
2. To connect this virtual machine to the server’s DVD/CD-ROM drive, check
Connected.
Note: Only one virtual machine can connect to the DVD/CD-ROM drive on the
server at a time.
3. To connect this virtual machine to the server’s DVD/CD-ROM drive when the
virtual machine is powered on, check Connect at Power On.
4. Specify whether to connect to the server’s DVD/CD-ROM drive or to an ISO
image. In the Device list, select System DVD/CD-ROM Drive or ISO Image.
5. Enter the location of the drive or ISO image in the Location field. For example,
the server’s CD-ROM drive could be /dev/cdrom.
6. Click OK to save your changes and close the window.