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- 1. Apr 2010, 15:42
- Forum: Using VirtualBox
- Topic: USB drive portablilty
- Replies: 1
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USB drive portablilty
Greetings, I was wondering if I could install and run VirtualBox from a usb thumb drive, this includes installing and running xp, vista, win7 from the thumb drive. My goal is have everything on a 128gb thumb drive, Sun virtualBox and several installed vms. I want to have the exact same environment t...
- 14. Oct 2009, 17:39
- Forum: Using VirtualBox
- Topic: Portable images
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1775
Re: Portable images
Thanks so the change is on the 2 host machines or within each virtual machine I created? I looked within Sun virtualbox doesnt these settings have to be changed as well so it points to the usb drive? after the .VirtualBox folder has been copied to the usb drive or course. open virtual box file prefe...
- 14. Oct 2009, 16:07
- Forum: Using VirtualBox
- Topic: Portable images
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1775
Re: Portable images
Thanks for the response however Im brand new to VirtualBox what do you mean by "set the environmental variable VBOX_USER_HOME to the thumb drive" Sorry to ask but what do you mean? Instructions for the newbie please. Are you saying to change the path under file preferences general then cha...
- 14. Oct 2009, 15:31
- Forum: Using VirtualBox
- Topic: Portable images
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1775
Portable images
I have Virtualbox installed on both my home and work computer, I want to be able to take my Virtualbox virtual machines and snapshots back and forth for testing purposes. I created all my OS's on my work computer with fixed 8gb partitions. What do I copy over to my 64gb usb thumb drive so I can use ...