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In previous chapters we have set up the disk storage elements required for our new virtual machine. We are now ready to create a Guest. But first, do not forget to copy the installation media of your preferred operating system to the Media Storage. Then, open the "Guest/Host/Pool" section of the tree view and select on the pool where you want to create the Guest. Click on the "New Guest" button, and the New Guest form will appear:

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In the form inputs on of the leftGeneral section, enter a guest name for your new Guest, an optional description, select the Guest OS you plan to install (or the best match) from the dropdown list and select to "Boot from" cdrom. The preset for the Guest OS lets the Dashboard select the virtual hardware (network card, graphics card, disk controller, etc) with the best compatibility and support, to avoid problems.

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Now we will configure the storage units of the Guest. In a previous chapter we configured a Volume called MyExternalVolume, that we will now use to store the virtual disk image of our Guest. Switch to the Storage tab:

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There are three tables, for disk images, physical disks and media images. We will start by adding a disk image, so click on the '+Add Disk Image' button to add a new one. For each disk you must set the following properties:

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The last table allows to define optical drives for the Guest, and attach ISO images to them. Click on the '+Add Media Image' button to add two new optical drives. The first one will contain the installation media, and the second one will contain the Guest Tools ISO. For each media image, you must configure the following properties:

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