#Vmware fusion 8.5 boot from usb how to#
#Vmware fusion 8.5 boot from usb mac os x#

#Vmware fusion 8.5 boot from usb how to#

The above is just how to set an existing VMware virtual machine to boot from a USB drive or ISO image file. Then the virtual machine will boot from the ISO image. Press F10 and hit Enter to save the changes. Move the CD-ROM Drive to the first place. Step 6: Power on the virtual machine to BIOS. Then navigate to the path to the ISO image file select it and then click Open to add the ISO image file to the virtual machine. Step 4: Select Use ISO image and click Next.

Step 3: Click CD/DVD (IDE) and then click Add. Step 1: Open the virtual machine and donвЂ™t power on it. VMware Fusion failed to initialize and showed the message VMware Fusion is damaged and could not be repaired if modifications had been made to the hosts root account.

#Vmware fusion 8.5 boot from usb mac os x#

Using FileVault is not recommended for versions of Mac OS X 10.7 prior to 10.7.2.

Part 2: Boot a virtual machine from an ISO image Added support for FileVault full-disk encryption in Mac OS X 10.7.2 and later guests. Then the virtual machine should boot from the USB drive. This tutorial shows you another way to boot VMware Workstation / Fusion / ESXi virtual machine from USB stick, by mounting USB stick as virtual hard disk. Connect to VMware vSphere Securely connect with. Finally, press F10 and hit Enter to save the changes and exit the BIOS interface. VMware Fusion lets you choose from hundreds of supported operating systems, from lesser-known Linux distributions to the latest Windows 10 release. Then move the Hard Drive to the first place and move the VMware Virtual SCSI Hard Drive (0:1) to the first order. Step 9: After the virtual machine boots into BIOS setup, select the Boot tab by the в†’ or в†ђ keys on your keyboard. Step 8: After your physical USB drive is connected to the virtual machine, click VM -> Power -> Power On to BIOS. Step 7: Choose PhysicalDrive1 from the drop-down and then click Next. Step 6: Select Use a physical disk (for advanced users) and then click Next. Step 5: After the Virtual Machine Settings dialog opens, click on Hard Disk (SCSI) and then click Add. Step 4: Make sure the virtual machine is power off. Step 3: Then navigate to and open the target virtual machine you need to boot. Step 2: Launch VMware Workstation and then on the menu bar click File -> Open. Step 1: Connect a USB drive to your physical computerвЂ™s disc drive. Part 1: Boot a virtual machine from a USB drive Now this page takes VMware Workstation as an example to show how to boot a virtual machine from a USB drive or ISO image. If you use VMware to work on your physical computer, you may usually need to set a virtual machine to boot from a USB drive or an ISO image file, just like setting a computer to boot from a USB drive or CD-ROM.