A virtual machine CD/DVD-ROM drive can be connected to a real CD/DVD-ROM drive of your computer as well as to CD/DVD .iso
image. To get information on using CD/DVD images in Parallels Workstation look in CD/DVD Real Discs and Images topic.
Up to four IDE devices (hard disks and CD/DVD-ROM drives) can be connected to a Virtual Machine currently. This means, that there can be no more than four hard drives plus CD/DVD-ROM drives, i.e., it doesn't matter how many of IDE devices are hard drives and how many are CD/DVD-ROMs.
Device Status:
Note: If you start the operating system with the CD/DVD-ROM drive disabled, you cannot change this option when virtual machine is running.
If the CD-DVD-ROM drive is enabled, it can be connected/disconnected while VM is running. Media that CD/DVD-ROM drive can access may also be changed.
Emulation:
D:
) will be shown in the CD/DVD-ROM drives drop-down menu and available for selection.Note: In Linux primary OS to be able to connect the virtual machine CD/DVD-ROM drive to a real CD/DVD-ROM drive, you should have system privileges to access the real device. Otherwise the real CD/DVD-ROM drive will not appear in the list of available devices even though it is installed on your computer.
.iso
file), select the Use image file flag. As you select it, another field where you can enter the CD/DVD image file name appears below. Specify the path to your CD/DVD image file or click the Browse button and locate the CD/DVD image file. Attachment Options:
IDE 0:1
in the list.Note that if you set two startup drives at once - hard disk (IDE 0:0) and CD/DVD-ROM (IDE 0:1) - the guest OS will try to boot according to the sequence set on the Booting Options tab of the General Options.