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I have had no issues running a VM on an external drive.

• k__ 11y ago
  Even if you ran it on one machine with a Linux host and on another with a Windows host?
  • bradleyland 11y ago
    I've not moved VM's between Windows and Linux, but it works fine going back and forth between OS X and Windows. The only caveat being that you have to re-visit the VM's settings for things like host volume mapping and especially networking config.
    • k__ 11y ago
      Seems like the .vdi files are configured relative, so at least this should go automatically. Host volume mapping is a folder shared between the host and the VM?
      • bradleyland 11y ago
        > Host volume mapping is a folder shared between the host and the VM? Yes.
        • k__ 11y ago
          Bought a 128GB USB 3.0 stick. Works like a charm. Hosts: Notebook runs Linux Mint 17 with VirtualBox 5.0 Desktop runs Windows 7 with VirtualBox 4.3 (5.0 ha an issue on Win7 that Oracle won't fix, but prevent my VM from starting) Guest: Xubuntu 15.04 with the VirtualBox 5.0 Guest Additions