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r105176 r105289 5 5 6 6 <body> 7 <p> 8 The <b outputclass="bold">Storage</b> category in the VM 9 settings enables you to connect virtual hard disk, CD/DVD, and 10 floppy images and drives to your virtual machine. 11 </p> 12 <p> 13 In a real computer, so-called <i>storage 14 controllers</i> connect physical disk drives to the rest of 15 the computer. Similarly, <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> presents virtual storage 16 controllers to a virtual machine. Under each controller, the 17 virtual devices, such as hard disks, CD/DVD or floppy drives, 18 attached to the controller are shown. 19 </p> 7 <p>The <b outputclass="bold">Storage</b> category in the VM settings enables you to connect virtual hard disk, 8 CD/DVD, and floppy images and drives to your virtual machine. </p> 9 <p>In a real computer, so-called <i>storage controllers</i> connect physical disk drives to the rest of the 10 computer. Similarly, <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> presents virtual storage controllers to 11 a virtual machine. Under each controller, the virtual devices, such as hard disks, CD/DVD or floppy drives, 12 attached to the controller are shown. </p> 20 13 <note> 21 <p> 22 This section gives a quick introduction to the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> 23 storage settings. See <xref href="storage.dita#storage"/> for a full 24 description of the available storage settings in <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>. 25 </p> 14 <p>This section gives a quick introduction to the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> storage 15 settings. See <xref href="storage.dita#storage"/> for a full description of the available storage settings in 16 <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>. </p> 26 17 </note> 27 <p> 28 If you have used the <b outputclass="bold">Create Virtual 29 Machine</b> wizard to create a machine, you will normally 30 see something like the following: 31 </p> 18 <p>If you have used the <b outputclass="bold">Create Virtual Machine</b> wizard to create a machine, you will 19 normally see something like the following: </p> 32 20 <fig id="fig-storage-settings"> 33 21 <title>Storage Settings for a Virtual Machine</title> … … 41 29 </image> 42 30 </fig> 43 <p> 44 Depending on the guest OS type that you selected when you created 45 the VM, a new VM includes the following storage devices: 46 </p> 31 <p>Depending on the guest OS type that you selected when you created the VM, a new VM includes the following storage 32 devices: </p> 47 33 <ul> 48 34 <li> … … 63 49 </li> 64 50 </ul> 65 <p> 66 If you created your VM with an older version of <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>, 67 the default storage layout may differ. You might then only have an 68 IDE controller to which both the CD/DVD drive and the hard disks 69 have been attached. This might also apply if you selected an older 70 OS type when you created the VM. Since older OSes do not support 71 SATA without additional drivers, <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> will make sure 72 that no such devices are present initially. See 73 <xref href="harddiskcontrollers.dita#harddiskcontrollers"/>. 74 </p> 75 <p> 76 <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> also provides a <i>floppy 77 controller</i>. You cannot add devices other than floppy 78 drives to this controller. Virtual floppy drives, like virtual 79 CD/DVD drives, can be connected to either a host floppy drive, if 80 you have one, or a disk image, which in this case must be in RAW 81 format. 82 </p> 83 <p> You can modify these media attachments freely. For example, if you want to copy some files 84 from another virtual disk that you created, you can connect that disk as a second hard disk, 85 as in the above screenshot. You could also add a second virtual CD/DVD drive, or change where 86 these items are attached. The following options are available: </p> 51 <p>If you created your VM with an older version of <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>, the 52 default storage layout may differ. You might then only have an IDE controller to which both the CD/DVD drive and 53 the hard disks have been attached. This might also apply if you selected an older OS type when you created the VM. 54 Since older OSes do not support SATA without additional drivers, <ph 55 conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> will make sure that no such devices are present initially. See 56 <xref href="harddiskcontrollers.dita#harddiskcontrollers"/>. </p> 57 <p><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> also provides a <i>floppy controller</i>. You cannot add 58 devices other than floppy drives to this controller. Virtual floppy drives, like virtual CD/DVD drives, can be 59 connected to either a host floppy drive, if you have one, or a disk image, which in this case must be in RAW 60 format. </p> 61 <p>You can modify these media attachments freely. For example, if you want to copy some files from another virtual 62 disk that you created, you can connect that disk as a second hard disk, as in the above screenshot. You could also 63 add a second virtual CD/DVD drive, or change where these items are attached. The following options are available: </p> 87 64 <ul> 88 65 <li> 89 <p> To <b outputclass="bold">add another virtual hard disk, or a CD/DVD or floppy drive</b>, 90 select the storage controller to which it should be added (such as IDE, SATA, SCSI, SAS, 91 floppy controller) and then click the <b outputclass="bold">Add Disk</b> button below the 92 tree. You can then either select <b outputclass="bold">Optical Drive</b> or <b 93 outputclass="bold">Hard Disk</b>. If you clicked on a floppy controller, you can add a 94 floppy drive instead. Alternatively, right-click the storage controller and select a menu 95 item there. </p> 96 <p> 97 A dialog is displayed, enabling you to select an existing disk 98 image file or to create a new disk image file. Depending on 99 the type of disk image, the dialog is called 100 <b outputclass="bold">Hard Disk Selector</b>, 101 <b outputclass="bold">Optical Disk Selector</b>, or 102 <b outputclass="bold">Floppy Disk Selector</b>. 103 </p> 104 <p> 105 See <xref href="vdidetails.dita#vdidetails"/> for information on the image 106 file types that are supported by <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>. 107 </p> 108 <p> 109 For virtual CD/DVD drives, the image files will typically be 110 in the standard ISO format instead. Most commonly, you will 111 select this option when installing an OS from an ISO file that 112 you have obtained from the Internet. For example, most Linux 113 distributions are available in this way. 114 </p> 115 <p> 116 Depending on the type of disk image, you can set the following 117 <b outputclass="bold">Attributes</b> for the disk image 118 in the right part of the Storage settings page: 119 </p> 66 <p>To <b outputclass="bold">add another virtual hard disk, or a CD/DVD or floppy drive</b>, select the storage 67 controller to which it should be added (such as IDE, SATA, SCSI, SAS, floppy controller) and then click the <b 68 outputclass="bold">Add Disk</b> button below the tree. You can then either select <b outputclass="bold" 69 >Optical Drive</b> or <b outputclass="bold">Hard Disk</b>. If you clicked on a floppy controller, you can 70 add a floppy drive instead. Alternatively, right-click the storage controller and select a menu item there. </p> 71 <p>A dialog is displayed, enabling you to select an existing disk image file or to create a new disk image file. 72 Depending on the type of disk image, the dialog is called <b outputclass="bold">Hard Disk Selector</b>, <b 73 outputclass="bold">Optical Disk Selector</b>, or <b outputclass="bold">Floppy Disk Selector</b>. </p> 74 <p>See <xref href="vdidetails.dita#vdidetails"/> for information on the image file types that are supported by 75 <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>. </p> 76 <p>For virtual CD/DVD drives, the image files will typically be in the standard ISO format instead. Most 77 commonly, you will select this option when installing an OS from an ISO file that you have obtained from the 78 Internet. For example, most Linux distributions are available in this way. </p> 79 <p>Depending on the type of disk image, you can set the following <b outputclass="bold">Attributes</b> for the 80 disk image in the right part of the Storage settings page: </p> 120 81 <ul> 121 82 <li> 122 <p> 123 The <b outputclass="bold">device slot</b> of the 124 controller that the virtual disk is connected to. IDE 125 controllers have four slots: primary device 0, primary 126 device 1, secondary device 0, and secondary device 1. By 127 contrast, SATA and SCSI controllers offer you up to 30 128 slots for attaching virtual devices. 129 </p> 83 <p>The <b outputclass="bold">device slot</b> of the controller that the virtual disk is connected to. IDE 84 controllers have four slots: primary device 0, primary device 1, secondary device 0, and secondary device 85 1. By contrast, SATA and SCSI controllers offer you up to 30 slots for attaching virtual devices. </p> 130 86 </li> 87 <li><b outputclass="bold">Solid-state Drive</b> presents a virtual disk to the guest as a solid-state device. </li> 88 <li><b outputclass="bold">Hot-pluggable</b> presents a virtual disk to the guest as a hot-pluggable device. </li> 131 89 <li> 132 <p><b outputclass="bold">Solid-state Drive</b> 133 presents a virtual disk to the guest as a solid-state 134 device. 135 </p> 136 </li> 137 <li> 138 <p><b outputclass="bold">Hot-pluggable</b> presents a 139 virtual disk to the guest as a hot-pluggable device. 140 </p> 141 </li> 142 <li> 143 <p> 144 For virtual CD/DVD drives, you can select 145 <b outputclass="bold">Live CD/DVD</b>. This means 146 that the virtual optical disk is not removed from when the 147 guest system ejects it. 148 </p> 90 <p>For virtual CD/DVD drives, you can select <b outputclass="bold">Live CD/DVD</b>. This means that the 91 virtual optical disk is not removed from when the guest system ejects it. </p> 149 92 </li> 150 93 </ul> 151 94 </li> 152 95 <li> 153 <p> To <b outputclass="bold">remove an attachment</b>, either select it and click the <b 154 outputclass="bold">Remove</b> icon at the bottom, or right-click the attachment and 155 select the menu item. </p> 96 <p>To <b outputclass="bold">remove an attachment</b>, either select it and click the <b outputclass="bold" 97 >Remove</b> icon at the bottom, or right-click the attachment and select the menu item. </p> 156 98 </li> 157 99 </ul> 158 <p> 159 Removable media, such as CD/DVDs and floppies, can be changed 160 while the guest is running. Since the 161 <b outputclass="bold">Settings</b> window is not available 162 at that time, you can also access these settings from the 163 <b outputclass="bold">Devices</b> menu of your virtual 164 machine window. 165 </p> 100 <p>Removable media, such as CD/DVDs and floppies, can be changed while the guest is running. Since the <b 101 outputclass="bold">Settings</b> window is not available at that time, you can also access these settings from 102 the <b outputclass="bold">Devices</b> menu of your virtual machine window. </p> 166 103 </body> 167 104
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