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Changing the Connection for a Virtual CD-ROM

You can change the connection for a virtual CD-ROM. For example, you can associate a different physical drive with the virtual drive, or choose to use an ISO image instead of a physical drive connection.

To change the connection for a virtual CD-ROM drive:

1. Select File > Open and open the virtual machine configuration file (.cfg) you want to modify.
2. Select Settings > Configuration Editor from the VMware ESX Server remote console window.
3. Click the + sign next to IDE Drives or SCSI Devices.
4. Select a device node where you want to create a virtual CD-ROM.
5. If your CD-ROM drive is connected, the panel is grayed out. Select Devices > ide1:0 > Disconnect and Edit.
   • CD-ROM. Select this option if you want the guest operating system in the virtual machine to access the physical CD-ROM drive on the server.
   • CD-ROM Image. Select this option if you want the virtual CD-ROM drive to connect to an image file accessible to the server. Then click Browse to locate the image file to which this virtual CD-ROM drive should be connected.
6. Click OK.

Related topics:

• Enabling CD-ROM access from a virtual machine
• Automatically starting the CD-ROM upon power on

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