running VMs off a memory stick
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Bill Gates
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running VMs off a memory stick
is it possible to create a vdi on a memory stick and run a vm off of it? i have a lot of them and is a way of using them.
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scottgus1
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- Primary OS: MS Windows 10
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Re: running VMs off a memory stick
Yes, just store the guest folder with vdi on the stick. Performance will be low, and the USB stick may overheat and fail, because they don't handle the lots of constant writing that an OS likes to do.