Prior to Workstation v7, the virtual chipset has been based on the Intel 440BX. Unfortunately, that chipset does not support USB as a bootable device since bootable USB came well after the 440BX. When you enter the BIOS you cannot select USB as a boot option.
Now, there are workarounds where you can essentially trick the system into recognizing the USB drive as a physical drive. But that opens a can of worms I don't want to get into. I need to use a USB flash drive, not a hard drive connected via USB.
I need to prepare screenshots and video clips demonstrating using a bootable USB flash drive. Faking out the system into recognizing my flash drive as a physical hard drive defeats the purpose of what I need to document.
I have downloaded v7 but haven't installed it yet. Not sure if it is still based on the 440BX or if they upgraded the chipset.
Also, booting this way this does work on other VMWare products, but has been a limitation of Workstation.
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