I want to try a lot of tutorials as given here
windows tutorials (tutorial index)
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1977-windows-10-tutorial-index.html
I want to create USB installations I created one from media creation tool.
Now when I look to boot in vmware workstation settings inside BIOS of virtual machine I do not see
any setting by which I can enable boot via USB
Once I've used a tool which creates a bootable CD so that it can be used to boot a computer and then tries to loading a connected bootable usb device. Useful for the old machine which can't support booting from usb. I don't remember its name and I don't have a backup of it right now, maybe you can search for it on your own.
No that did not help.
The virtual machine setting option looks as follows
I tried what your blog mentions the screenshots I took again but I found them all to be same as the ones I posted above.
The boot options when I click inside the boot manager does not show me any option to boot from USB.
Configure boot options
Add boot options
No option to enable USB boot
Some PCI devices being shown to boot do not know which one is USB
I am using
Vmware Workstation 15 Pro 15.1.0 build-13591040
Your screenshots don't show an USB device connected to the VM. Please review the blog post (steps 7 & 8).
André
Some time back, I used a boot manager name Plop to enable booting from USB. It worked fine although it was a little old. The down load was plpbt-5.0.15.zip and the iso inside is plpbt.iso. When you use it as your iso install device, it brings up a menu with a choice for USB.
Lou
I downloaded
from this page
https://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/download.html
I downloaded This package
https://download.plop.at/files/bootmngr/plpbt-5.0.15.zip
tried putting plpt ISO to boot
I selected the plpt iso (which is probably plop boot manager ISO)
There was no effect of using plpt boot ISO. What next can I try?
Well, I just tested it and it worked. Probably not really oranges to apples but:
(I am not sure that all of is necessary)
I am running WS 14 on Linux Mint.
I created a new VM, minimal disk space, 5 GB
I told it the OS type was Linux 64
I told it I would install the software later.
I told it to use the plop iso for the CDROM, making sure that enable during power on was checked.
I let it complete the VM
I edited the vmx file to add BIOS.bootdelay="5000"
to add 5 seconds delay to let me easily hit esc.
During the boot process, hit esc and got a menu with USB as the only choice.
Edit: make sure the USB stick is in your system and recognized.
Edit 2: Make sure your USB stick is connected. Either VM removable devices or the icon in the lower right. You may have to power on and then connect it.
Messy but worked.
If something like that doesn't work for you, I have no clue.
Lou
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You are looking at the wrong place top connect the USB device. Look at the screenshot at step 7 of the blog post that youv'e mentioned. Once the VM is powered on, you will see the icons below the guest screen. Click on the USB device that you want to connect to the VM.
You can either follow louyo's hint regarding the boot delay to pause the boot process until you've connected the USB device, or simply warm-boot the VM - pressing CTRL-ALT-INS - after connecting it.
André
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I edited the vmx file to add BIOS.bootdelay="5000"
I followed up to here boot delay was introduced but no USB boot option came.
I watched a video here How to Boot a VMware Virtual Machine from a USB Drive? - YouTube
enabled USB 2.0 compatibility instead of USB 3.0
still no success.
No option to add USB while booting even after a start I power on and connect USB in VM when VM is powered on and reboot.
The USB, in this case, is connected but there is no success to boot from USB.
Ok, lets go through the steps again, to ensure that we are talking about the same things:
André
Hi Andre.
I should thank this thread for making me realize that I could not attach any USB devices to a VM. I don't normally do that. It seems that I lost that capability when I updated the host, Mint (mate), from 19.2 to 19.3. No matter what I did, I could not connect a device. I reinstalled Workstation (14) and that fixed it so I could retest booting to USB. I did use Plop though. I have no problems running all VM's on version 14, so have delayed going to 15.
Happy New Year
Lou
Relative to VMware Workstation 16.1.0 Pro.
I have successfully booted a VMware Guest OS using both the PLoP Boot Diskette plpbt.flp and the ISO plpbt.iso
To accomplished this:
Power on to Firmware, insert the USB media, Connect it to the virtual machine and
exit the BIOS setup Discarding Changes
It works but the boot process is very, very slow!
Einar
Does your USB bootable disk boot from BIOS or UEFI. Your machine is showing all EFI. Rufus will give you an option for both when you prepare the bootable OS. Just a thought.
The boot was with USB rescue media created by Macrium Reflect, installed on Quest OS Windows 7 Professional x64 - with firmware type is BIOS.
Since the USB rescue media can fix boot problems, not just restore, the boot was MBR/Legacy - not UEFI.