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Enter the path or file name in the text box or click Browse to select an existing image file or to
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change the directory in which the image file will be created.
Click Create. The virtual media applet begins the process of creating the image file. The process is
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complete when the progress bar reaches 100%. To cancel the creation of an image file, click
Cancel.
The Disk>>Image option is used to create image files from physical diskettes or CD-ROMs. The
Image>>Disk option is not valid for a Virtual CD-ROM image. The Disk>>Image button changes to
Image>>Disk when clicked. Use this button to switch from creating image files from physical diskettes to
creating physical floppy diskettes from image files.
Operating system USB support
To use virtual media devices your operating system must have support for USB devices. Your operating
system must also support USB mass storage devices. Currently, Windows® 2000 SP4 and later,
Windows® 2003, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 and SUSE SLES 9 have the required support. Other
operating systems may also support USB mass storage devices.
During system boot, the ROM BIOS will provide the USB support until the operating system loads. Since
MS-DOS uses the BIOS to communicate with storage devices, utility diskettes that boot DOS will also
function with virtual media.
NOTE:
media.
Virtual Media multi-device support
Virtual media multi-device support allows both the Virtual Media Floppy/USBKey drive and the CD/DVD-
ROM device to be connected to the host simultaneously. The drive selected can be a physical drive, an
image file, or a combination of the two devices.
Virtual media multi-device mode and multiple USB devices are only supported on Microsoft® Windows®
2000 with Service Pack 3 and Windows® 2003. Virtual media multi-device mode is not supported on
Linux. Some servers might require a system ROM update for this mode of operation.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 will not allow you to provide a driver diskette using virtual
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