Can't Access Host CDROM while in the VIrtual Environment
Submitted by Brad Martin on December 4, 2006 - 6:20am.
I'm having an issue with accessing the CDROM/DVDROM while in the virtual environment. When I try to start my Virtual Environment (vm running Windows XP Pro), it throws an error while loading that says that "I do not appear to have a valid CDROM Device" and to "try running VMPlayer in Legacy mode". I'm not sure how to enable legacy mode though...
After some digging, I went into the configuration file and changed the CDROM device type from "CDROM-RAW" to "atapi-CDROM". This allowed the VM to boot without throwing an error, and I see the cd drive in MY COMPUTER in the virtual environment, but when I try to access it, it says "Please insert a disk into the drive" even though there is a disk in the drive. At this point, I am not able to access the cd drive on the host computer which makes installing software in the virtual environment tricky.
What can I do to make the CDROM drive accessible from the Live PC Virtual Machine, or troubleshoot this issue?
BTW, I am running XP Home on the host computer and the drive functions property in the host environment. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Do you have more than one
Do you have more than one CD-ROM or CD-R/CD-RW on the host system?
You can explicitly put the drive letter you want, like "D:" or "E:". "auto detect" just makes it use the first drive it finds. make sure the type is "cdrom-raw".
If this does not help, please provide the following information to [email protected] so we may assist you better.
1. Model of CD-ROM/DVDROM from Device Manager on host.
2. the vm.vmx and vmware.log from the [LivePC's]\activation folder when not the CD-ROM/DVDROM is not accessible
The vm.vmx and vmware.log can be found in the following location:
* For Desktop Installation: C:\Documents and Settings\[your_username]\Application Data\moka5\Engine
* For USB Insstallation: device_letter:\moka5\Documents and Settings\moka5User\Application Data\moka5\Engine
Thanks
Kevin