{"id":424,"date":"2019-06-07T14:59:21","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T14:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/howto.ciscoar.com\/?page_id=424"},"modified":"2019-08-18T00:17:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T00:17:56","slug":"mapping-iso-file-to-virtual-machine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/?page_id=424","title":{"rendered":"Mapping ISO file to Virtual Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mapping ISO to VM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the following two steps are completed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"\/index.php\/creating-a-new-virtual-machine\/\">Creating a new Virtual Machine<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/index.php\/downloading-centos7\/\">Downloading the ISO file (Minimal version)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You are ready to map the ISO file to your recently created Virtual Machine, this is the last step before proceeding with the actual installation of your guest OS, in our case CentOS 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to map the ISO to the VM?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As you&#8217;ll see the ISO file must be mounted (digitally inserted) as it is an optical disk, yes one of those no longer used CD-ROMs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right click on your VM and select &#8220;<strong>Settings<\/strong>&#8220;, see screenshot below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-427\" width=\"398\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine.jpg 398w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine-300x109.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the &#8220;<strong>Settings<\/strong>&#8221; screen select &#8220;<strong>Storage<\/strong>&#8221; and then click the small CD icon where it says &#8220;<strong>Empty<\/strong>&#8220;, see screenshot below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"647\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine-02.jpg 647w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine-02-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Now go to the &#8220;<strong>Optical Drive<\/strong>&#8221; selector, another small CD icon in the rigth side of the screen, and select &#8220;<strong>Choose Virtual Optical Disk File<\/strong>&#8220;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-434\" width=\"655\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine-03.jpg 873w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine-03-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine-03-768x392.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Navigate the folders on your computer until you reach the one where the ISO file is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/local-path-to-iso-file-v2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-421\" width=\"364\" height=\"26\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/local-path-to-iso-file-v2.png 727w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/local-path-to-iso-file-v2-300x21.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-436\" width=\"667\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine-04.jpg 889w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine-04-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine-04-768x323.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>And that&#8217;s it, your ISO file is now mapped to your Virtual Machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-437\" width=\"667\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine-05.jpg 667w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mapping-iso-to-virtual-machine-05-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The next step<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>  You are ready to the next step, that would be to start the <a href=\"\/index.php\/installing-centos-7\/\">installation <\/a>of your guest  OS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mapping ISO to VM Once the following two steps are completed: Creating a new Virtual Machine Downloading the ISO file (Minimal version) You are ready to map the ISO file to your recently created Virtual Machine, this is the last step before proceeding with the actual installation of your guest OS, in our case CentOS &hellip; 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