Parallels Workstation 2.2, 50-99u, DE, MNT WWL2XM-04-DE Manual Do Utilizador

When running a virtual machine with a CD/DVD-ROM drive you can: 

ƒ  enable/disable the CD/DVD-ROM drive temporarily, 
ƒ  change the media CD/DVD-ROM drive accesses. 

Note: If the guest OS was started with the CD/DVD-ROM drive disabled, you should shut down 
the guest OS first, then enable CD/DVD-ROM in the Configuration Editor (select the Enabled 
check box in the CD/DVD-ROM Options (on page 117) tab) and restart the guest OS. 

All commands to control CD/DVD-ROM during guest OS execution can be found in the 
Parallels Workstation Devices menu.  

ƒ  Windows primary OS. If you have several CD/DVD-ROM drives connected to your 

virtual machine they can be identified according their IDE numbers (CD/DVD-ROM 00 means 
connected to IDE 0:0, CD/DVD-ROM 01 means IDE 0:1 and so on). 

ƒ  Linux primary OS. If you have several CD/DVD-ROM drives connected to your virtual 

machine, in the Devices menu they are numbered according the order of their appearance. 
The first appeared CD/DVD-ROM will be CD/DVD-ROM 1, the second one will be CD/DVD-
ROM 2 and so on. 

To connect or disconnect a CD/DVD-ROM drive, do the following: 

1  Select the Devices->CD/DVD-ROM <number> in Parallels Workstation menu. 

2  Select the Connect/Disconnect command to connect or disconnect the CD/DVD-ROM drive 

respectively. 

Note. You may also enable/disable a CD/DVD-ROM drive using context menu of the 
CD/DVD-ROM drive 

 on the status bar. 

Data type accessed by the CD/DVD-ROM drive can be switched from a real CD/DVD-ROM to 
an image file and vice versa. To change the media accessed by the CD/DVD-ROM drive: 

1  Select the Devices->CD/DVD-ROM <number> in Parallels Workstation menu. 

2  Select  Connect to <drive letter> to access real CD/DVD-ROM drive or Connect image to 

access an .iso image file.  

Note: You may also switch change the media using commands in the context menu of the 
CD/DVD-ROM drive 

 on the status bar.