Users Guide
Using and Configuring Virtual Media 143
If DRAC 5 authentication fails, an error message displays and the command terminates.
Floppy/Disk Device or Image File
-f {
<device-name>
|
<image-file>
}
where
<device-name>
is a valid drive letter (for Windows systems) or a valid device file name,
including the mountable file system partition number, if applicable (for Linux systems); and
<image-file>
is the filename and path of a valid image file.
This parameter specifies the device or file to supply the virtual floppy/disk media.
For example, an image file is specified as:
-f c:\temp\myfloppy.img (Windows system)
-f /tmp/myfloppy.img (Linux system)
If the file is not write-protected, Virtual Media may write to the image file. Configure the operating
system to write-protect a floppy image file that should not be overwritten.
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.