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quickly test usb installer using qemu
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Step 0
Find the Bus and Device ID:
$ lsusb
...
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0781:5151 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Micro Flash Drive
...
Step 1
Boot with QEMU:
sudo qemu-system-x86_64 -m 512 -enable-kvm -usb -device usb-host,hostbus=1,hostaddr=8
You need to run this with root privilegues, because QEMU needs access to the corresponding files under /dev/bus/usb/.
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