Two tutorials for Windows hosts:
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/boot-a-usb-flash-drive-in-virtualbox/
http://lifehacker.com/how-to-boot-from-a-usb-drive-in-virtualbox-1648868568

...maybe something like that can be done with a Mac host.
-or- install an older Mac OS X, then upgrade.

On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Cliff Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am running VBox 5.0 on a MacBook Pro with Yosemite 10.10.4. I hope to run 
> eventually the new El Capitan Beta in a VM, but wanted to try installing 
> Yosemite in a VM first. My problem is the InstallYosemite.app is on a USB 
> stick. How do I get the new VM to do the initial boot from the USB stick so 
> the install will run? I don’t see anything in the User’s Manual that 
> addresses this. Maybe I am overlooking the obvious. Any ideas or pointers 
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cliff
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