Running OSX on Ext HDD via VMWare Fusion

[oYx]

I have a portable HDD that stores a OSX partition. I boot from this partition using a range of Mac machines (choosing "Start Up Disk" in Preferences).

However, I may need to run that partition via VMWare Fusion, so that I have two OSX running at the same time on the same machine (one native to the machine, one via VMWare).

How do I set VMWare up to do this? Or can Parallels do what I need?

 

[chrfr]

However, I may need to run that partition via VMWare Fusion, so that I have two OSX running at the same time on the same machine (one native to the machine, one via VMWare).

Neither VMWare Fusion or Parallels can run OS X as a virtual machine from an actual Mac disk. You can create an OS X virtual machine, but you can't boot into that natively.

 

[oYx]

Neither VMWare Fusion or Parallels can run OS X as a virtual machine from an actual Mac disk. You can create an OS X virtual machine, but you can't boot into that natively.

Thank you for the clarification!