Add DVD or CD-ROM drive

In Oracle VirtualBox, it is possible to add one or more DVD or CD-ROM drives to a virtual machine. Drives can be connected to a physical DVD or CD-ROM drives or ISO images.

Here is how it can be done:

Select the virtual machine from the Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager and click Settings:

VirtualBox Manager GUI

Click Storage>Add CD/DVD Device:

Add CD-ROM in virtualbox

Select whether you want to connect the drive to a physical drive or an ISO image file:

Add cd-rom in virtualbox

Press OK to save the changes.

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