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=====Run an Existing Virtual box Appliance from a 2nd USB or USB Hard Drive=====

=====Run an Existing Virtual box Appliance from a 2nd USB or USB Hard Drive=====

::Portable, Individual Copy for Student, Move between separate Computers.

::Portable, Individual Copy for Student, Move between separate Computers.

# copy-paste the xxxx.vmdk file from /(User)/Virtualbox/HardDisks/xxxx.vmdk (Max OSX) to a 8 USB formatted fat16 in Mac Disk Utility (Erase)

# copy-paste the xxxx.vmdk file from /(User)/Virtualbox/HardDisks/xxxx.vmdk to an 8 GB USB or a Folder on an external USB HD

# Menu: Machine>New>continue>Name>Operating System>Version/Memory/Continue>Use existing hard disk>[chose xxxx.vmdk on 2nd USB or External USB HD]> Start.

# Menu: Machine>New>continue>Name>Operating System>Version/Memory/Continue>Use existing hard disk>[chose xxxx.vmdk on 2nd USB or External USB HD]> Start.

::Note Running from a USB is VERY slow and may not be practical.

::Note Running from a USB Crawls and is VERY slow - '''not practical'''.

::using an external USB Hard Drive works slightly faster, but is still quite slow.

*'''Testing of appliance running from an external USB Hard Disk

::: tested using VB 3.2.12 on Windows XP SP2

:: Appears to depend on the Speed of the Host Machine: (needs farther testing)

::: EeePC 1000HE  12/26/2010  satellit

# Very Slow - Fedora-13-Soas/VB 3.2.12 on Windows XP SP2/ EeePC 1000HE 12/26/2010  satellit

# Very Slow -  Trisquel-3-sugar/VB 3.2.12 on Windows XP SP2/ EeePC 1000HE 12/26/2010  satellit

# Acceptable-  Trisquel-3-sugar/VB 4.0 on Ubuntu 10.10 /hp Pavillion Turion 64x2 laptop 12/26/2010  satellit

===='''Sugar on a Stick v3-Mirabelle'''====

===='''Sugar on a Stick v3-Mirabelle'''====