New-FloppyDrive
This cmdlet creates a new virtual floppy drive for each of the provided virtual machines. If a floppy image path is provided, sets the floppy drive to point to the image. If both the FloppyImagePath and HostDevice parameters are specified, an error is generated.
Syntax
Parameters
| Required | Parameter Name | Type | Position | Features | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| required
|
VM | VirtualMachine | named |
|
Specifies the virtual machine to which you want to attach the new virtual floppy drive. Passing multiple values to this parameter is obsolete. |
| optional | FloppyImagePath | String | named |
|
Specifies the datastore path to the floppy image file backing the virtual floppy drive. Do not use this parameter together with the HostDevice parameter. |
| optional | HostDevice | String | named |
|
Specifies the path to the floppy drive on the host which will back this virtual floppy drive. Do not use this parameter together with the FloppyImagePath parameter. |
| optional | NewFloppyImagePath | String | named |
|
Specifies a new datastore path to a floppy image file backing the virtual floppy drive. Do not use this parameter together with the HostDevice parameter. |
| optional | Server | VIServer[] | named |
|
Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is provided or $null value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of Connect-VIServer. |
| optional | StartConnected | SwitchParameter | named |
|
Indicates that the virtual floppy drive starts connected when its associated virtual machine powers on. |
Output
VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.VirtualDevice.FloppyDriveExamples
Example 1
New-FloppyDrive -VM VM -HostDevice '/dev/fd0' -StartConnected
Creates a floppy drive backed by the client device /dev/fd0 and sets it to start connected when the virtual machine is powered on.
Related Commands
FloppyDrive
This cmdlet retrieves the virtual floppy drives available on a vCenter Server system.
This cmdlet creates a new virtual floppy drive.
This cmdlet removes the virtual floppy drives from their locations.
This cmdlet modifies the configuration of the specified virtual floppy drive.