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Virtual machine technology allows adding new devices to a virtual machine to be like 
connecting new devices to a real computer. Virtual machine configuration can include the 
following devices: 

ƒ  up to four IDE devices - virtual hard disks and CD/DVD-ROM drives; 
ƒ  a floppy drive; 
ƒ  a network adapter; 
ƒ  up to four serial ports; 
ƒ  up to three parallel ports; 
ƒ  a sound device; 
ƒ  a USB controller. 

New devices are added using Add Hardware Wizard. Device of any type (except hard disks) can 
be connected to a real drive as well as to virtual media. In addition, if you add a floppy drive, a 
new blank .fdd image can be created at the same time and connected to the drive. When 
adding virtual hard disk you may choose between connecting an existing hard disk image and 
creating a new one. 

Note: In Linux primary OS to be able to connect any virtual device to a real one, you should 
have system privileges to access the real device. Otherwise, the real device will not appear in 
the list of available devices despite it is installed on your computer.  

To add a new device to the virtual machine do the following: 

1  Open the virtual machine to which you want to add new device, then select Edit 

Configuration in the File menu or click 

on the command button panel to 

open Configuration Editor. 

2  In the lower left part of the Configuration Editor window click the Add button.