VMware GSX Server 2.5.2

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Adding Floppy Drives to a Virtual Machine

You can add floppy drives to your virtual machine, to a total of two floppy drives. A virtual floppy drive can connect to a physical floppy drive on the host computer, to an existing floppy image file or to a blank floppy image file.

Adding a Floppy Drive on a Windows Host

Open the Configuration Editor (Settings > Configuration Editor) and click Add to start the Add Hardware Wizard.
Click Floppy Drive, then click Next.
Select what you want to connect to — a physical floppy drive on the host computer, an existing floppy image file or a new floppy image file. Click Next.
Select Use a physical floppy drive, choose the drive's letter from the drop-down list, then click Finish.

Adding a Floppy Drive on a Linux Host

Open the Configuration Editor (Settings > Configuration Editor). Click the + sign beside Floppy Drives.
Select a device that is shown as Not Installed.
On the Type drop-down list, choose Device to connect to a physical floppy drive on the host computer.
Choose File from the drop-down list to connect to a floppy image file.
If you chose Device, accept the default device name shown (for example,
/dev/fd1 for the second physical floppy drive), type in the path and device name or click Choose to navigate to the device name.
If you chose File, type in the path and filename for the floppy image file or click Choose to navigate to the file.
Click Install to install the new floppy drive, then click OK to save the configuration and close the Configuration Editor.

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