Hello Dmitry,

first of all thank you for an official reply from InnoTek :)

> Provided that you have everything (machines, VDIs) created under the 
> .VirtualBox directory (which is the default behavior), all paths in 
> configuration files will be relative to that directory, so you can 
> effectively move this whole directory to your home directory on a 
> different machine (or to an arbitrary directory which you should then 
> set in the VBOX_USER_HOME environment variable prior to starting any 
> frontend for the first time).

Didn't know that! I've created the VMs directly on my USB drive hence 
the absolute paths.

> Anyway, thank you for your proposal, the portability feature (aka 
> import/export) is a planned enhancement and is currently in development. 
> This:
> 
>> 1) Plug in a portable device
>> 2) Open a VM from the portable device
>> 3) Use it!
> 
> will be one of the possibilities it will bring I think.

That sounds great! :) I'm eagerly awaiting a new version with this feature.

-- 
Sincerely
Sven Jacobs


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