Name

Description

ID

The virtual machine ID.

name

The virtual machine name.

--device-add

Adds a DVD/CD drive to the virtual machine. You can connect up to four IDE devices and up to seven SCSI devices to a virtual machine. This includes virtual hard disks and DVD/CD drives.

--device-set

Modifies the parameters of an existing virtual optical disk.

cdrom

Specifies the virtual device type (in this instance, a CD or DVD drive).

cdrom N

The name of the DVD/CD drive to modify. The N postfix indicates the drive index number. To obtain the list of the available drives, use the pctl list command with the --info option.

--device name

The name of the physical optical disk to connect to the virtual machine.

--image name

The name of an existing disk image file to mount in the virtual machine. Currently, the following image file formats are supported: .iso , .cue , .ccd , and .dmg . The image must not be compressed and/or encrypted.

--iface ide|scsi

Interface type:

• ide -- IDE disk.
• scsi -- SCSI disk (default).

--position number

The SCSI or IDE device identifier to be used for the DVD/CD drive. The allowed ID ranges are the following:

• for IDE devices: 0:0 , 0:1 , 1:0 , 1:1 ;
• for SCSI device: 0:0 , 1:0 , 2:0 , 3:0 , 4:0 , 5:0 , 6:0 .

You can use one of the following formats for specifying IDs: ID : bus , ID - bus , ID . For example, if you specify 3:0 (or 3-0 or 3) as number for a SCSI drive, the guest OS will see the drive as having ID 3 on SCSI bus 0.

--enable

Enables the specified DVD/CD drive. All newly added drives are enabled by default (provided the --disable option is omitted).

--disable

Disables the specified optical disk drive. The disk drive itself is not removed from the virtual machine configuration.

--connect

Automatically connect the specified optical disk drive during the virtual machine startup process.

--disconnect

Do not automatically connect the specified optical disk drive during the virtual machine startup process.