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prlctl Parameters 24
--position number
The SCSI or IDE device identifier to be used for the DVD/CD-ROM
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-ROM drive. All newly added
DVD/CD-ROM drives are enabled by default (provided the --
disable option is omitted).
--disable
Temporarily disables the operations with the newly added DVD/CD-
ROM drive.
--connect
Use this option to have the specified DVD/CD-ROM drive
automatically connected to the virtual machine on its start.
--disconnect
Use this option if you do not wish to have the specified DVD/CD-
ROM drive automatically connected to the virtual machine on its
start.
Floppy Disk Drive Management Parameters
This group of parameters is used to manage floppy disk drives of your virtual machines. The
parameters syntax is as follows:
prlctl set <ID|VM_name> --device-add fdd [--device <name>]
[--enable|--disable][--connect|--disconnect]
prlctl set <ID|VM_name> --device-set fdd [--device <name>]
[--enable|--disable][--connect|--disconnect]
All VM floppy disk drive-related parameters are explained in the following table:
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.