Configuring a Floppy Device

Select: VM > Settings > Hardware > Floppy

You can configure up to two 1.44MB floppy devices. You can use physical drives available on the host computer or floppy image files. However, a floppy drive can be used only by the host operating system or by one virtual machine at a time. If you run more than one virtual machine simultaneously, you may wish to select which one (if any) has access to the drive. To disable or enable access to a floppy drive while a virtual machine is running, choose the drive from the VM > Removable Devices menu.

You can set the following options under Device status:

Connected — Check or uncheck this option to connect or disconnect the drive while the virtual machine is running.
Connect at power on — Check this option if you want the drive to be connected automatically whenever you power on the virtual machine. You can change this setting when the virtual machine is powered on or powered off.

You can set the following options under Connection:

Use a physical drive — Select this setting if you want the virtual machine to use a physical drive on the host computer. If you have more than one physical drive, use the drop-down list to specify which drive to use.
Use a floppy image — Select this setting if you want to use a floppy image file. To create a new file, type in a path and file name, then click Create. To use an existing file, click Browse and locate the floppy image file you want to use.

If you are adding a new floppy drive, click Add to install the device.

To remove an existing drive, select that drive, then click Remove.

Click OK to save the configuration and close the virtual machine settings editor.

Note: VMware VMware Server does not support Imation SuperDisk LS120 120MB floppy disk drives within a virtual machine — either as a standard floppy drive or as an LS120 drive. These drives can be used on the host operating system but cannot be used within a virtual machine.