Assume I have a running Win7 guestOS inside a Win7 hostOS. guestOS runs fine when started from vmdk hard disc.
Now I plugin a bootable USB stick and restart the guestOS VM.
When the VM BIOS screen appears I press ESC to get the Boot menu and select
"Removable device" since I want to boot the guestOS from USB stick.
Unfortunately guestOS VM does not recognize the USB stick and boots "as normal" from its vmdk hard disc.
Yes, the boot sequence in VM BIOS lists "removable device" on top as well (this shouldn't matter when I press ESC in Boot screen)
And yes, VMplayers menu
Player-->Removable Devices-->Sandisk
is connected (after boot).
It seems to me that the hostOS locks somehow the USB stick so that it is not available for the guestOS VM.
How do I tell otherwise the VM to boot from USB stick if present?
Matt