== Configuring a CD/DVD Drive The VirtualBox First Run Wizard ==
Before It may not have gone unnoticed that none of the guest operating system can be installed, it is likely that above steps involved configuring a CD/or DVD drive or Network PXE boot will need to be configured into for the virtual machine. Details on these and other settings relating This raises the obvious question of how to VirtualBox virtual machines are covered in install the next chapter - [[Configuring VirtualBox Virtual Machine Settings]]guest operating system.
A CD/DVD drive Fortunately, this issue is configured resolved by selecting the virtual machine from the list and selecting VirtualBox ''SettingsFirst Run Wizard'' from the toolbar. In This wizard is invoked automatically when a new virtual machine which has a new virtual disk as the Settings dialog, click boot device (VirtualBox assumes that an existing virtual disk already has a guest operating system installed on the ''CD/DVD-ROM'' entry it) is started as illustrated in the list as follows:following figure.
[[Image:virtualbox_cd_dvd_rom_settingsvirtualbox_first_run_wizard.jpg|The VirtualBox CD/DVD-ROM settings pageFirst Run Wizard]]
If a CD or DVD device is to be made available to Note that VirtualBox will only display this wizard the guest operating system, the ''Mount CD/DVD Drive'' option must first be selected. Once selected, the remaining options on the screen are enabled. The CD/DVD device presented to the time a virtual machine may be in the form is run, regardless of a physical device connected to whether the host, or an ISO image file visible to the host guest operating systeminstallation is successful or not. In If the case of an ISO image, installation fails the file must be added first time, you will need to the media library using the ''Virtual Media Manager'' before it can be attached know how to manually configure a virtual machineCD/DVD drive. To access This topic is covered in the [[Configuring VirtualBox Virtual Media Manager, click on the button located to the right Machine Settings]] chapter of the ISO image file menuthis book.
When using The purpose of the First Run Wizard is to configure the virtual machine so that it can find the guest operating system installation media. Clicking ''Next>'' on the ''Welcome'' screen displays the ''Select Installation Media'' settings screen as shown in the following figure: [[Image:virtualbox_select_installation_media.jpg|Selecting installation media for a new VirtualBox virtual machine]] The installation media may be in the form of a physical device CD, DVD or floppy installed into a drive connected to the hostcomputer system. Alternatively, the option media may be an ISO image file which is also available accessible to the host operating system. In the case of physical media, select the ''Enable PassthroughHost Drive''from the ''Media Source'' section of the screen and select the drive into which the disk has been mounted. This option allows When using an ISO image file, the guest operating system file must first be added to send ATAPI commands directly the VirtualBox virtual media library. If the image file has not already been added, click on the button next to the physical device so that CD/DVD writers can be used from within ISO image name to launch the Virtual Media Manager, click the ''Add'' button and navigate to the file. Once the file has been added by the Virtual Media Manager it will appear in the drop down list of files ready for selection. Once the selection has been made, click ''Next>'', review the summary information displayed and click ''Finish'' to boot the virtual machineand begin the guest installation process from the designated media: [[Image:virtualbox_running_vm.jpg|WIndows Vista installation in a VirtualBox virtual machine]]
