Comments on: How To Boot Virtual Machine from Bootable USB Device in VMware

By: Plop Cd Rom Error

Plop Cd Rom Error — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 20:04:54 +0000

[…] How To Boot Virtual Machine from Bootable USB Device in VMware. – Oct 8, 2013. Set Plop BootManager ISO image as CD/DVD. And that's when I find this Plop's BootManager awesome. Download the problem and unzip the content plpbt.iso to a place that's convenient. Then, set this iso file as the content of CD/DVD drive, change the boot sequence to boot from CD-Rom. Then, fire up. […]

By: Zerg

Zerg — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 19:39:07 +0000

Thank you ! Great work, saved my day 🙂

By: Oscar Lugo

Oscar Lugo — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 21:11:56 +0000

Worked great with ESXi 6.0

thanks so much!

By: Jesús Panateos

Jesús Panateos — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:27:02 +0000

Thanks for your useful article!

Great post!

The procedure works if your USB stick has been created with BIOS.

If your USB stick has been created with EFI, you can use “Boot with EFI instead of BIOS” option on VMware Workstation.

Here a guide that explains how it works:

http://www.sysadmit.com/2016/09/vmware-workstation-arrancar-desde-usb.html