Virtual boxs are portable?

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mikeybinec
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Virtual boxs are portable?

Post by mikeybinec »

Did I read that somewhere? I can create a Vbox at home and maybe put the .vdi on a USB drive, take it somewhere and run it in a different host?

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FrodoHobbits
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Re: Virtual boxs are portable?

Post by FrodoHobbits »

Yes, but don't expect it to be lightning fast
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Re: Virtual boxs are portable?

Post by mpack »

In principle it is doable, but there are no guarantees that it will be problem free. In practice you often have to fix minor problems (e.g. a network card being bridged to exists on one PC but is named differently on the other): and be aware that Windows activation may kick in if the CPU changes.
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