... BTW, should one want to easily access the BIOS/EFI of a VM, here are the official instructions (from the Fusion 6 release notes):
- Accessing the BIOS or EFI in a virtual machine is now much easier. Under Settings > Startup Disk, hold the Alt/Option key and select Restart to firmware.
But that shouldn't be necessary, here... or are there some options that should be tweaked, after converting a VM to SATA?
Thanks for any help... 
P.S. (nothing to do with VMs): This forum has some issues with the iPad: drop-down menus and reply links don't seem to work, with it (but that's perhaps some Safari for iOS issue, who knows?)... 