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Adding a Virtual CD/DVD Drive

--device-add cdrom [--image <name>] [--iface <ide | scsi | sata>] [--position <n>]

                           [--subtype <buslogic | lsi-spi | lsi-sas>]

Parameters

--image: connect the specified image file to the virtual machine. The following image file formats are supported: iso, cue, ccd, dmg.

--iface: virtual CD/DVD interface type: ide, scsi, sata.

--position: the SCSI / IDE / SATA device identifier to be used for the DVD/CD drive. Allowed ranges:

  • 0-3 for IDE disk drives
  • 0-6 for SCSI disk drives
  • 0-5 for SATA disk drives

--subtype: virtual CD/DVD-ROM subtype: buslogic, lsi-spi, lsi-sas.