Users Guide

Using and Configuring Virtual Media 141
For example, a device is specified as:
-f a:\ (Windows system)
-f /dev/sdb4 # 4th partition on device /dev/sdb (Linux system)
If the device provides a write-protection capability, use this capability to ensure that Virtual Media will
not write to the media.
Additionally, omit this parameter from the command line if you are not virtualizing floppy media. If an
invalid value is detected, an error message displays and the command terminates.
CD/DVD Device or Image File
-c { <device-name> | <image-file> }
where
<device-name> is a valid CD/DVD drive letter (Windows systems) or a valid CD/DVD device
file name (Linux systems) and
<image-file> is the file name and path of a valid ISO-9660 image file.
This parameter specifies the device or file that will supply the virtual CD/DVD-ROM media:
For example, an image file is specified as:
-c c:\temp\mydvd.img (Windows systems)
-c /tmp/mydvd.img (Linux systems)
For example, a device is specified as:
-c d:\ (Windows systems)
-c /dev/cdrom (Linux systems)
Additionally, omit this parameter from the command line if you are not virtualizing CD/DVD media. If
an invalid value is detected, an error message is listed and the command terminates.
Specify at least one media type (floppy or CD/DVD drive) with the command, unless only switch options
are provided. Otherwise, an error message displays and the command terminates and generates an error.
Version Display
-v
This parameter is used to display the VM-CLI utility version. If no other non-switch options are
provided, the command terminates without an error message.
Help Display
-h
This parameter displays a summary of the VM-CLI utility parameters. If no other non-switch options are
provided, the command terminates without error.
Encrypted Data
-e