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Changing the Connection for a Virtual CD-ROM or DVD-ROM

You can change the connection for a virtual CD-ROM or DVD-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 or DVD-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 GSX Server 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. On the far right, make a different selection under Device Type:
   • CD-ROM. Select this option if you want the guest operating system in the virtual machine to access the physical CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive on the host machine. Then choose the drive letter that should correspond to the virtual CD-ROM or DVD-ROM.
   • CD-ROM Image. Select this option if you want the virtual CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive to connect to an image file stored on the host file system. Then click Browse to locate the image file to which this virtual CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive should be connected.
   • CD-ROM (raw access). Select this option to allow more advanced features of DVD drives beyond simple read operations from data and audio CDs. For example, selecting this option enables read operations for DVD disks (in DVD drives). This feature is experimental at this time.
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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