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#1 2009-10-03 09:08:41

efourseven
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Virtualbox on usb?

Is it possible to install a virtualbox guest (windows 7) on a usb drive? Can it be done on the virtualbox PUEL? I don't have much space on my arch partition to allow for it, I only have about 10gb left, and that's after cleaning up everything I could find.

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#2 2009-10-03 10:04:46

efourseven
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Re: Virtualbox on usb?

or atleast use the external usb drive for virtual hard disk space on the windows guest?

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#3 2009-10-03 10:39:05

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Re: Virtualbox on usb?

Try and you will find out, if it's possible or not.


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#4 2009-10-03 11:06:42

Lich
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Re: Virtualbox on usb?

The GUEST hdd is just a file that you can save anywhere you want when you setup the machine. All you have to do is to save that hdd to your USB drive, and make the machine setting in VBOX point to that file. If you want an entire USB VBOX, there is always Portable Virtualbox, but it's only available for Windows afaik


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#5 2009-10-03 12:18:30

efourseven
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Re: Virtualbox on usb?

Yup, I tried it, I think it will actually work. I was into the install and another problem came into play... I don't have enough ram. sucks... only have 1gb total... don't have the required 512mb to run windows 7.

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#6 2009-10-03 12:35:51

efourseven
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Re: Virtualbox on usb?

I just checked how much ram I am using, and arch is telling me I only have 501 total?? what the hell is this i know I have 1gb of ram.

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#7 2009-10-03 12:37:43

Lich
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Re: Virtualbox on usb?

efourseven wrote:

I just checked how much ram I am using, and arch is telling me I only have 501 total?? what the hell is this i know I have 1gb of ram.

Welcome to the world of hardware failure smile
How did you check the ram usage btw? Maybe it shows how much FREE ram you got, not total


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#8 2009-10-03 12:41:18

efourseven
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Re: Virtualbox on usb?

oh, I have half of my memory to my swap when it's only using 111mb.

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#9 2009-10-03 12:43:29

efourseven
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Re: Virtualbox on usb?

here is what free -m command gives me:

        
               total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:           501        267        234          0          5         79
-/+ buffers/cache:        182        319
Swap:          502        111        390

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