[Tails-testers] tails.iso runnable in VM?

Hi folks,

despite an early success in booting tail thumb drive.

i got a couple larger usb thumb drives(32GB) so i'd have persistence test
space.

however i am unable to boot from USB now despite verifying a MBR in each
USB drives.

my fedora host has some quirks i guess.

is there a way to run an tails.iso file from a VM?

other ideas?

tia, jackc...