Virtual Machine does not detect CD-ROM when installing Windows for the first time
July 31, 2008 by John Tran · Leave a Comment
Installing a guest operating system on a virtual machine is exactly the same process as installing it on a physical server.
VMWare gives you the option of installing an OS via CD or an ISO image file. If you are trying to install Windows via the CD-ROM and the virtual machine does not detect the CD then you will need to do the following.
Power off the machine, right click on the machine and click on edit settings. Under CD/DVD Drive 1 Select Device Type as Host Device and select /dev/hda.
Make sure you click on Connect at power on and restart the machine.
It should boot from CD now.
