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# Virtual Optical Drive

### Adding an Optical Drive

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note**: Adding virtual optical drives is not supported in macOS virtual machines.
{% endhint %}

**--device-add cdrom** \[**--image** <*name*>] \[**--iface** <**ide** | **scsi** | **sata**>] \[**--position** <*n*>]

\[**--subtype** <**buslogic** | **lsi-spi** | **lsi-sas**>]

### Modifying an Optical Drive

**--device-set** <*drive\_name*> \[**--image** <*name*>] \[**--iface** <**ide** | **scsi** | **sata**>]

\[**--position** <*n*>] \[**--subtype** <**buslogic** | **lsi-spi** | **lsi-sas**>]

#### Parameters

*drive\_name*: The name of the optical drive to modify (**--device-set** command onl&#x79;**)**. To obtain the list of the available drives, use the `prlctl list --info` command.

**--image**: connect the specified image file to the virtual machine. The following image file formats are supported: **iso**, **cue**, **ccd**, **dmg**.

**--iface**: virtual optical interface type: **ide**, **scsi**, **sata**.

**--position**: the SCSI / IDE / SATA device identifier to be used for the optical drive. Allowed ranges:

* 0-3 for IDE disk drives
* 0-6 for SCSI disk drives
* 0-5 for SATA disk drives

**--subtype**: virtual optical drive subtype: **buslogic**, **lsi-spi**, **lsi-sas**.


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