# Virtual Floppy Drive

### Adding a Virtual FDD

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**Note**: Adding virtual floppy drives is not supported in macOS virtual machines.
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The command adds a virtual floppy disk drive based on a file image.

**--device-add** **fdd** **--image** <*image*> \[**--recreate**]

### Modifying a Virtual FDD

**--device-set** <*fdd\_name*> **--image** <*image*> \[**--recreate**]

#### Parameters

*fdd\_name*: The name of the FDD to modify. To obtain the list of the available drives, use the `prlctl list --info` command.

**--image**: specifies the image file.

**--recreate**: if included, recreates the image file if it exists.


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