Name

Description

ID

The virtual machine ID.

VM_name

The virtual machine name.

fdd

Specifies the type of the virtual device to add or modify (in this instance, a floppy disk drive).

--device-add

Adds a new floppy disk drive to the virtual machine. You can connect only one floppy disk drive to a virtual machine.

--device-set

Modifies the parameters of an existing virtual floppy disk drive.

--device name

The name of the physical floppy disk drive to connect to the virtual machine. If this parameter is omitted, a floppy drive image emulating the 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

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

--connect

Connect the specified floppy disk drive automatically during the virtual machine startup process.

--disconnect

Use this option if you don't want the specified floppy disk drive automatically connected to the virtual machine on its start.

--image path

The name and path of an existing floppy disk image file (usually floppy.fdd ) to mount in the virtual machine.