> Hi Folks,
>
> Could anyone clarify whether virtual machines can be stored and run from
> an external USB drive attached to the main PC?
>
> My laptop has 2Gb of RAM but is rather low on hard disk space. Luckily I
> have a 120Gb laptop hard drive in an external enclosure which I attach to
> the laptop through a USB port.
>
> I've installed VPC 2007 on the laptop and I created a virtual machine on
> the external drive with a 20Gb disk size. I then tried to install Centos
> 5.1 but without success. Both times the installation ran right through to
> the end but the o/s failed to boot up :(
>
> I then managed to clear some space on my laptop's hard drive and repeated
> the process. This time the installation was a complete success.
>
> Unfortunately I'm desperately short of space on my laptop so keeping the
> VHD there permanently is not an option as I need the space! I've run
> diags on the external hard drive and no errors have been detected.
>
> So - is using external USB drives in this way supported with Virtual
> PC2007?
>
> --
> Peter <X-Files fan>
>

> Colin Barnhorst wrote:
>> No problem. A lot of us do that.
>>
> Hmmm... strange the problems I'm having then.
>
> I'll try creating another VM on the external hard drive and loading
> Windows instead.
>
> --
> Peter <X-Files fan>
>

> Hi,
>
> BTW, the reason for the suggestion is that I've oftentimes seen where I'd
> try to install some form of *nix under VPC 2004 or 2007 on one
> host/physical machine, and not have it work, but then, tried the install
> on another machine that has different hardware with VPC 2007 or, say,
> Virtual Server, and been able to do the install. Then, I was able to move
> the VMC/VHD back to my main machine, which has VPC 2007, and that would
> run fine.
>
> I've never had the problem that you're seeing though, as, as others have
> mentioned, I also run a number of guests from external USB2 drives.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> ohaya wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> If you were able to get Centos running on a guest on the internal drive,
>> you could then just copy the .vmc and .vhd files to the external drive,
>> and create a new guest, pointing it to that .vmc, and see if it then can
>> boot?
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>> Trust No One® wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Folks,
>>>
>>> Could anyone clarify whether virtual machines can be stored and run from
>>> an external USB drive attached to the main PC?
>>>
>>> My laptop has 2Gb of RAM but is rather low on hard disk space. Luckily I
>>> have a 120Gb laptop hard drive in an external enclosure which I attach
>>> to the laptop through a USB port.
>>>
>>> I've installed VPC 2007 on the laptop and I created a virtual machine on
>>> the external drive with a 20Gb disk size. I then tried to install Centos
>>> 5.1 but without success. Both times the installation ran right through
>>> to the end but the o/s failed to boot up :(
>>>
>>> I then managed to clear some space on my laptop's hard drive and
>>> repeated the process. This time the installation was a complete success.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately I'm desperately short of space on my laptop so keeping the
>>> VHD there permanently is not an option as I need the space! I've run
>>> diags on the external hard drive and no errors have been detected.
>>>
>>> So - is using external USB drives in this way supported with Virtual
>>> PC2007?
>>>
>>
>

> Hi Folks,
>
> Could anyone clarify whether virtual machines can be stored and run from an
> external USB drive attached to the main PC?
>
> My laptop has 2Gb of RAM but is rather low on hard disk space. Luckily I
> have a 120Gb laptop hard drive in an external enclosure which I attach to
> the laptop through a USB port.
>
> I've installed VPC 2007 on the laptop and I created a virtual machine on the
> external drive with a 20Gb disk size. I then tried to install Centos 5.1 but
> without success. Both times the installation ran right through to the end
> but the o/s failed to boot up :(
>
> I then managed to clear some space on my laptop's hard drive and repeated
> the process. This time the installation was a complete success.
>
> Unfortunately I'm desperately short of space on my laptop so keeping the VHD
> there permanently is not an option as I need the space! I've run diags on
> the external hard drive and no errors have been detected.
>
> So - is using external USB drives in this way supported with Virtual PC2007?
>

> Hi,
>
> If you were able to get Centos running on a guest on the internal drive,
> you could then just copy the .vmc and .vhd files to the external drive,
> and create a new guest, pointing it to that .vmc, and see if it then can
> boot?
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> Trust No One® wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> Could anyone clarify whether virtual machines can be stored and run
>> from an external USB drive attached to the main PC?
>>
>> My laptop has 2Gb of RAM but is rather low on hard disk space. Luckily
>> I have a 120Gb laptop hard drive in an external enclosure which I
>> attach to the laptop through a USB port.
>>
>> I've installed VPC 2007 on the laptop and I created a virtual machine
>> on the external drive with a 20Gb disk size. I then tried to install
>> Centos 5.1 but without success. Both times the installation ran right
>> through to the end but the o/s failed to boot up :(
>>
>> I then managed to clear some space on my laptop's hard drive and
>> repeated the process. This time the installation was a complete success.
>>
>> Unfortunately I'm desperately short of space on my laptop so keeping
>> the VHD there permanently is not an option as I need the space! I've
>> run diags on the external hard drive and no errors have been detected.
>>
>> So - is using external USB drives in this way supported with Virtual
>> PC2007?
>>
>

> Colin Barnhorst wrote:
>> Good idea. Best to try Windows as a guest first to learn how things
>> work.
> Hi Colin,
>
> I have used Virtual PC & Server before - but to be honest I've never used
> either product to run Linux as a guest. I wasn't sure whether there was
> some type of limitation with USB devices.
>
> I tried "ohoya's" suggestion of moving the vhd and vmc to the external
> hard disc and the VM refuses to boot up completely (as before). It hangs
> at the same place during the bootup process.
>
> I did a file compare on the copy of the .vhd with the original and they
> are identical.
>
> Looks like this is indeed a Linux/Centos issue. I'll confirm this by
> loading up Windows.
>
> --
> Peter <X-Files fan>
>

> Hi,
>
> We're getting a little off-topic :), but it's not just the current one.
> One of the situations like the one I mentioned was just this week. I was
> trying to install Fedora Core 6 on a VPC 2007, and the install would hang
> every time (at different places). I tried the install on another machine
> (also VPC 2007, but single core Athlon 64), and it installed fine. I then
> moved the VMC/VHD to the earlier machine, and that guest ran fine.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> Colin Barnhorst wrote:
>> The current Linux kernel is problematic for a lot of distros under VPC.
>>
>> "ohaya" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>> news:OiDN$(email address - cut out)...
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> BTW, the reason for the suggestion is that I've oftentimes seen where
>>> I'd try to install some form of *nix under VPC 2004 or 2007 on one
>>> host/physical machine, and not have it work, but then, tried the install
>>> on another machine that has different hardware with VPC 2007 or, say,
>>> Virtual Server, and been able to do the install. Then, I was able to
>>> move the VMC/VHD back to my main machine, which has VPC 2007, and that
>>> would run fine.
>>>
>>> I've never had the problem that you're seeing though, as, as others have
>>> mentioned, I also run a number of guests from external USB2 drives.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ohaya wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> If you were able to get Centos running on a guest on the internal
>>>> drive, you could then just copy the .vmc and .vhd files to the external
>>>> drive, and create a new guest, pointing it to that .vmc, and see if it
>>>> then can boot?
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Trust No One® wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Could anyone clarify whether virtual machines can be stored and run
>>>>> from an external USB drive attached to the main PC?
>>>>>
>>>>> My laptop has 2Gb of RAM but is rather low on hard disk space. Luckily
>>>>> I have a 120Gb laptop hard drive in an external enclosure which I
>>>>> attach to the laptop through a USB port.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've installed VPC 2007 on the laptop and I created a virtual machine
>>>>> on the external drive with a 20Gb disk size. I then tried to install
>>>>> Centos 5.1 but without success. Both times the installation ran right
>>>>> through to the end but the o/s failed to boot up :(
>>>>>
>>>>> I then managed to clear some space on my laptop's hard drive and
>>>>> repeated the process. This time the installation was a complete
>>>>> success.
>>>>>
>>>>> Unfortunately I'm desperately short of space on my laptop so keeping
>>>>> the VHD there permanently is not an option as I need the space! I've
>>>>> run diags on the external hard drive and no errors have been detected.
>>>>>
>>>>> So - is using external USB drives in this way supported with Virtual
>>>>> PC2007?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

> The current Linux kernel is problematic for a lot of distros under VPC.
>
> "ohaya" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:OiDN$(email address - cut out)...
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> BTW, the reason for the suggestion is that I've oftentimes seen where
>> I'd try to install some form of *nix under VPC 2004 or 2007 on one
>> host/physical machine, and not have it work, but then, tried the
>> install on another machine that has different hardware with VPC 2007
>> or, say, Virtual Server, and been able to do the install. Then, I was
>> able to move the VMC/VHD back to my main machine, which has VPC 2007,
>> and that would run fine.
>>
>> I've never had the problem that you're seeing though, as, as others
>> have mentioned, I also run a number of guests from external USB2 drives.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>> ohaya wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> If you were able to get Centos running on a guest on the internal
>>> drive, you could then just copy the .vmc and .vhd files to the
>>> external drive, and create a new guest, pointing it to that .vmc, and
>>> see if it then can boot?
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Trust No One® wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>
>>>> Could anyone clarify whether virtual machines can be stored and run
>>>> from an external USB drive attached to the main PC?
>>>>
>>>> My laptop has 2Gb of RAM but is rather low on hard disk space.
>>>> Luckily I have a 120Gb laptop hard drive in an external enclosure
>>>> which I attach to the laptop through a USB port.
>>>>
>>>> I've installed VPC 2007 on the laptop and I created a virtual
>>>> machine on the external drive with a 20Gb disk size. I then tried to
>>>> install Centos 5.1 but without success. Both times the installation
>>>> ran right through to the end but the o/s failed to boot up :(
>>>>
>>>> I then managed to clear some space on my laptop's hard drive and
>>>> repeated the process. This time the installation was a complete
>>>> success.
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately I'm desperately short of space on my laptop so keeping
>>>> the VHD there permanently is not an option as I need the space!
>>>> I've run diags on the external hard drive and no errors have been
>>>> detected.
>>>>
>>>> So - is using external USB drives in this way supported with Virtual
>>>> PC2007?
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

> Could anyone clarify whether virtual machines can be stored and run from
> an external USB drive attached to the main PC?

> No problem. A lot of us do that.
>

>
> Hi Folks,
>
> Could anyone clarify whether virtual machines can be stored and run from an
> external USB drive attached to the main PC?
>
>

> Good idea. Best to try Windows as a guest first to learn how things
> work.