Boot from a USB Flash Drive in VMware Workstation
We all have been playing around with VMware Workstation from long time. We are installing and testing all the operating systems features and lot of advanced configurations in VMware workstation. IN general, we will always attach ISO images to our Workstation to boot and install Guest operating system in the virtual machine. Have you ever tried to boot your Virtual Machine in VMware workstation from USB falsh drive. You will not be able to do it. It is one of the limitation of the VMware workstation and you will not be given any option in Virtual Machine BIOS to boot from USB drive. This can be achieved with the help of free tool called Plop Boot Manager.
This post tells you the step by step procedure how to boot VM’s in VMware workstation from USB with the use of Plop Boot Manager.
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