You can add a virtual CD/DVD drive to a virtual machine.
Prerequisites
Shut down or power off the virtual machine. You cannot change the setting while the virtual machine is powered on or suspended.
Procedure
- Select .
- Select a virtual machine in the Virtual Machine Library window and click Settings.
- Click Add Device.
- Click CD/DVD Drive.
- Click Add.
- Configure the drive.
Option Description Automatically detect physical CD/DVD The virtual machine detects your Mac CD/DVD drive. Specify physical CD/DVD Directs the virtual machine’s CD/DVD drive to a physical drive. Use disk image Directs the virtual machine’s CD/DVD drive to an ISO image. Click the pop-up menu to browse for and select the ISO image file.