User guide

prlctl Parameters 25
--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.
Network Adapter Management Parameters
This group of parameters is used to manage virtual machine network adapters. The parameters
syntax is as follows:
prlctl set <ID|VM_name> --device-add net --type <shared|host>
[--mac <addr>][--enable|--disable][--connect|--disconnect]
prlctl set <ID|VM_name> --device-add net --type bridged --iface <name>
[--mac <addr>][--enable|--disable] [--connect|--disconnect]
prlctl set <ID|VM_name> --device-set netN --type <shared|host>
[--mac <addr>][--enable|--disable][--connect|--disconnect]
prlctl set <ID|VM_name> --device-set netN --type bridged
--iface <name> [--mac <addr>|auto][--enable|--disable]
[--connect|--disconnect]
All VM network adapter-related parameters are explained in the following table:
Parameter Name Description
--device-add
Adds a new virtual network adapter to the virtual machine.
--device-set
Used to configure certain settings of the specified virtual network
adapter.
net
Informs the prlctl set command that the device to be added to the
virtual machine is a virtual network card.
netN
The name of the virtual network adapter whose parameters you wish to
configure. You can learn this name by running the prlctl list
command with the --info option.