On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Armindo Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Hi! > > Why do you want to make a vdi when you can install linux directly on a usb > drive? To use the vdi you'll have to install virtuabox on every machine.. > > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 6:53 PM, de Almeida, Valmor F. < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Hello, >> >> I've been trying to create a vdi on a USB drive attached to a Windows >> host and use it to install a linux host (gentoo); no success. I wonder >> whether it is possible to have a linux guest vdi on a USB drive that I >> could use in different Windows hosts. This way, instead of carrying a >> laptop around I would just carry a USB drive with a guest on it and use >> on different Windows hosts. >> >> Thanks for any inputs. >> >> -- >> Valmor >> >> In addition to this VirtualBox is a bit of a mess to move around. It's not like VMWare in this regard. You need three files as well as having VirtualBox installed everywhere. You need the Machine file, the VDIs and everything in ~/.Virtualbox or the Windows equivilent. Unless of course you want to recreate the config each time you run. Grant McWilliams
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