Albert's travel and IT memo

On x86, Volumio normally boots and runs from a USB device. VMware doesn't boot from USB sticks by default, so this guide shows how to get a Volumio USB to boot inside VMware using the PLoP Boot Manager, and then install it onto the VMware virtual disk. What you need: a USB stick of 8 GB or larger. 1. Create the Volumio USB boot disk Download the PC (x86/x64) image from the Volumio website ( https://volumio.org/ ) and write it to the USB stick with Win32 Disk Imager to make it bootable. Creating a Volumio USB boot disk with Win32 Disk Imager 2. Two ways to boot the USB in VMware Attach the USB stick to VMware as a raw hard disk and boot from it. Use the PLoP Boot Manager ISO CD image to boot from the USB stick. Since VMware doesn't support USB-stick booting by default, this method makes it possible. This guide uses the PLoP Boot Manager method. You can download it from plop.at ; after downloading, extract the archive and place the plpbt.iso CD image in a conven...