Using this command in terminal I do receive an output: /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-rawdiskCreator create /dev/diskX fullDevice ./Desktop/NameOfVMDK ide
I then try to connect the ide to the VM in the following .vmx:
.encoding = "UTF-8"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "9"
vcpu.hotadd = "TRUE"
memsize = "1024"
mem.hotadd = "TRUE"
ide0:0.present = "TRUE"
ide0:0.fileName = "BackTrack.vmdk"
ide0:0.deviceType = "rawDisk"
suspend.disabled = "TRUE"
snapshots.disabled = "TRUE"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.connectionType = "nat"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
ethernet0.linkStatePropagation.enable = "TRUE"
usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "35"
sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.fileName = "-1"
sound.autodetect = "TRUE"
mks.enable3d = "TRUE"
serial0.present = "TRUE"
serial0.fileType = "thinprint"
pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
hpet0.present = "TRUE"
usb.vbluetooth.startConnected = "TRUE"
tools.syncTime = "TRUE"
displayName = "BackTrack"
guestOS = "ubuntu-64"
nvram = "BackTrack.nvram"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
proxyApps.publishToHost = "FALSE"
tools.upgrade.policy = "upgradeAtPowerCycle"
powerType.powerOff = "soft"
powerType.powerOn = "soft"
powerType.suspend = "soft"
powerType.reset = "soft"
extendedConfigFile = "BackTrack.vmxf"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "-1"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:66:e4:f7"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33"
usb.pciSlotNumber = "32"
sound.pciSlotNumber = "34"
vmci0.id = "545311862"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "36"
uuid.location = "56 4d ec 7a 86 5a 3b 99-06 f6 69 09 40 66 e4 f7"
uuid.bios = "56 4d ec 7a 86 5a 3b 99-06 f6 69 09 40 66 e4 f7"
cleanShutdown = "TRUE"
replay.supported = "FALSE"
replay.filename = ""
ide0:0.redo = ""
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
usb:1.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728"
softPowerOff = "FALSE"
usb:1.speed = "2"
usb:1.deviceType = "hub"
usb:1.port = "1"
usb:1.parent = "-1"
ide0:1.present = "TRUE"
ide0:1.autodetect = "TRUE"
ide0:1.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
ide0:1.fileName = "/Users/SterlingButters/Downloads/BT5R2-KDE-64.iso"
bios.bootOrder = "HDD"
ide0:1.startConnected = "FALSE"
bios.hddOrder = "ide0:0"
ide1:0.present = "FALSE"
floppy0.present = "FALSE"
usb:0.present = "TRUE"
usb:0.deviceType = "hid"
usb:0.port = "0"
usb:0.parent = "-1"
The package contents are attached.
I receive a network boot when I try to boot the vm and when I boot from the startup disk (the backtrack iso), all partitions are available to the VM. More information is in this post: Virtualize Partition
Found some information here that might help but regardless is what I am shooting for, a virtualized triple boot: Triple boot with rEFIt, grub unable to start Linux in VM