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fwmiller
Contributor
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boot off usb 1.1/2.0 flash drive

Can a WS 6.0 virtual machine be booted off a USB 1.1 and/or 2.0 flash drive that is attached to a physical machines usb port?

Thanks,

FM

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avarcher
Commander
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No. You can attach a USB device to the VM but it does not appear as a boot device in the VM BIOS.

Peter_vm
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But it can be booted from a custom made DVD ISO. Which you could place on USB stick...

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fwmiller
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You mean you could make a DVD image, put it on a stick, and have that be the file that is the drive image for WS?

Thanks,

FM

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Peter_vm
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No, just bootable ISO. Or you may try to put whole guest (including virtual drives) on USB stick.

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