Virtual machines can access floppy drives a number of ways. This includes utilizing the floppy drive on the ESXi host (if one is installed) as the "Host Device" option, using a floppy image on a VMFS datastore, or creating a new floppy drive image from an existing floppy disk.
Using a floppy drive in a virtual machine is rare, but is usual for a license file or driver transfer for a custom element of an operating system installation.
How to create a floppy drive image for a virtual machine
by Rick Vanover | October 6, 2010, 1:50pm PDT | Image 1 of 9
Why would you want to use a floppy drive in a VM?
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About Rick Vanover
Rick Vanover is a software strategy specialist for Veeam Software, based in Columbus, Ohio.
