Guest OS install from Physical CD/DVD Hyper-v 2012 R2

Windows Server 2012 R2 & Windows 8.1

It turns out that Second Generation Hyper-V doesn't include the option to boot from physical CD/DVD. Only Generation one Have the option to boot from it.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn282285.aspx

*In previous versions of Hyper-V there was only one type of virtual machine. Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 R2 includes two types of virtual machine generations that can be selected when you create a new virtual machine.

Generation 1 Provides the same virtual hardware to the virtual machine as in previous versions of Hyper-V.

Generation 2 Provides the following new functionality on a virtual machine:

  • Secure Boot (enabled by default)
  • Boot from a SCSI virtual hard disk
  • Boot from a SCSI virtual DVD
  • PXE boot by using a standard network adapter
  • UEFI firmware support*

Windows Server 2012 & Windows 8

See This answer


You can connect the host physical CD/DVD drive to the VM while creating the VM and any time afterward.

New VM

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Existing VM

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