Unable to boot from USB in VMware Fusion
Fusion reports error, and it can not connect to USB drive to boot.
Fusion does not support USB adapters for connecting displays to your virtual machines.
Note: I haven't tried to change UEFI mode to BIOS mode, maybe this is the cause.
References
Unable to connect a USB device to a virtual machine (2118442)
USB Device not detected by the virtual machine (57195)
Configuring the USB Controller and Connecting USB Devices