How to boot a VM from the CD/DVD drive in Hyperion

Written By Christian Castagna (Administrator)

Updated at September 1st, 2025

→ Applies to: Hyperion 9.x and above

 

Step 1. Login to Hyperion GUI (replace <your_ip_address_or_hostname> with the correct information)

https://<your_ip_address_or_hostname>

 

Step 2. Connect the CD/DVD drive to the VM ("How to connect the CD/DVD drive to a VM in SynetoOS 6")

Step 3. From Virtualization menu, click on Virtual machines

 

Step 4. Select the VM on which you want to boot the CD/DVD drive, then click on Shut down guest OS

 

Step 5. Click on the console (black screen on the right, under the label “Screen”)

 

Step 6. Click on Power on

When powering on the VM, another browser tab with the console must be open in order to proceed with the next steps

 

Step 7. During VM boot, press ESC

 

Step 8. Select Boot Manager option

 

Step 9. Choose the UEFI QEMU DVD-ROM option