Parameter Name

Description

fdd

Informs the prlctl set command that the device to be added to the virtual machine is a floppy disk drive.

--device-add

Adds a new floppy disk drive to the virtual machine.

Note: You can connect only one floppy disk drive to a virtual machine.

--device-set

Used to configure certain settings of the specified floppy disk drive.

--device name

The name of the physical floppy disk drive on the Parallels server to be connected to the virtual machine. If you omit this option, a floppy drive image emulating the VM floppy disk drive will be created.

--enable

Enables the specified floppy disk drive. All newly added floppy drives are enabled by default (provided the --disable option was omitted during the drive creation).

--disable

Temporarily disables the operations with the specified floppy disk drive; the drive itself is not removed from the virtual machine configuration.

--connect

Use this option to have the specified floppy disk drive automatically connected to the virtual machine on its start.

--disconnect

Use this option if you do not wish to have the specified floppy disk drive automatically connected to the virtual machine on its start.

--image path

The name of the file to be used for emulating the VM virtual floppy disk drive, usually, floppy.fdd .

--recreate

Use this option to replace the image connected to the specified floppy disk drive by a blank image.

Note: If you recreate the image, all data on the original floppy disk image will be lost.