I find myself wasting more and more time the last few years when I have to reinstall an OS and 20+ development tools and apps. I'm looking to do more work in virtual machines.
在过去的几年里,当我不得不重新安装操作系统和20多个开发工具和应用程序时,我发现自己浪费的时间越来越多。我希望在虚拟机中做更多的工作。
Now that you are starting to see 32GB and 64GB thumb drives. I was wondering can you run a Virtual PC or VMWare image from a USB Thumb drive? Any issues with doing this? I would plan on backing up the image daily just in case something happened to the drive.
现在你开始看到32GB和64GB的拇指驱动器了。我想知道你可以从USB拇指驱动器运行虚拟PC或VMWare映像吗?这样做有什么问题吗?我打算每天备份图片以防万一发生在驱动器上。
5 个解决方案
#1
Running a VM off a flash drive would have positively putrid performance. I guess you could copy the virtual hard drive to local storage first, though. I run my VMs off an external hard drive, myself.
从闪存驱动器运行VM将具有积极的腐败性能。我想你可以先将虚拟硬盘复制到本地存储。我自己从外部硬盘上运行我的VM。
#2
I suggest you invest in an external SSD to put those VMs on. Thumb drives are not known for speed.
我建议您投资一台外置SSD来安装这些虚拟机。拇指驱动器的速度并不为人所知。
#3
This is entirely doable. Take a look at VMware Player -- To Go. Performance will be worse than an internal hard drive but not completely terrible. Jeff did a brief comparison.
这完全可行。看看VMware Player - To Go。性能将比内部硬盘差,但并不完全可怕。杰夫做了一个简短的比较。
#4
I've never tried a thumb drive, but I use external USB drives for virtual machines all the time. I use VirtualPC 2007 and have had no problems. In fact, sometimes if the host machine is on the weaker side, having the VM on an external drive increases performance. I recommend the external USB drive route.
我从未尝试过拇指驱动器,但我一直使用外部USB驱动器来安装虚拟机。我使用VirtualPC 2007并没有遇到任何问题。实际上,有时如果主机处于较弱的一侧,则在外部驱动器上安装VM可以提高性能。我推荐外置USB驱动器路由。
#5
Windows XP (and Vista and 7) can boot on multiple hardware configurations, each with different drivers (retail license, not OEM).
Windows XP(以及Vista和7)可以在多种硬件配置上启动,每种配置都有不同的驱动程序(零售许可证,而不是OEM)。
I started out with a 2.5" USB HDD for my portable enviroment. It was booting fine on multiple machines (@home, @work, or in any VMWare).
我开始使用2.5英寸硬盘驱动器作为我的便携式环境。它可以在多台机器上启动(@ home,@work或任何VMWare)。
I don't recommend a flash stick, but I do recommend a SSD stick. Today you can find SSD sticks with 2 ends, one USB and one eSATA.
我不推荐使用闪光棒,但我推荐使用SSD棒。今天你可以找到带有两端的SSD棒,一个USB和一个eSATA。
For booting USB drives with Windows XP you need USBoot. After booting the first time, Windows will install some drivers, including the Disk Controller drivers (without which, if booting directly on SATA Windows would BSOD with 0x0000007b).
要使用Windows XP启动USB驱动器,您需要USBoot。在第一次启动后,Windows将安装一些驱动程序,包括磁盘控制器驱动程序(如果没有它,如果直接在SATA Windows上启动将BSOD与0x0000007b)。
Since the first Intel SSD came out, I switched to using a SSD. I have 2 2.5" trays (insert 2.5" drive like a floppy) both @home and @work.
自从第一款英特尔SSD问世以来,我转而使用SSD。 @home和@work都有2个2.5英寸托盘(像软盘一样插入2.5英寸驱动器)。
I can boot that Windows in VMWare and on many other computers using USB (and I have, and it was life saving). I even booted from the backup VHD once :)
我可以在VMWare和许多其他使用USB的计算机上启动Windows(我有,并且它可以挽救生命)。我甚至从备份VHD启动了一次:)
I use Windows Backup to backup to a versioned VHD (in command line, see wbadmin command on Windows Vista, 7, 2008, 2008 R2). I can restore the entire enviroment including the OS pretty fast, and I have recovered from several disasters.
我使用Windows备份备份到版本化的VHD(在命令行中,请参阅Windows Vista,7,2008,2008 R2上的wbadmin命令)。我可以很快恢复整个环境,包括操作系统,我已经从几次灾难中恢复过来。
I also use EFS for important files (don't forget to backup your EFS files).
我还将EFS用于重要文件(不要忘记备份您的EFS文件)。
I pretty much have the smallest laptop arround, and I am very happy I don't have to carry a laptop bag back and forth to my workplace.
我几乎拥有最小的笔记本电脑,我很高兴我不必携带笔记本电脑包来回我的工作场所。
USBoot should work with Windows Vista and 7, yet I haven't had the time to switch (time consuming process for the size and complexity of my stuff).
USBoot应该可以与Windows Vista和7一起使用,但我没有时间切换(耗费时间的过程,因为我的东西的大小和复杂性)。
#1
Running a VM off a flash drive would have positively putrid performance. I guess you could copy the virtual hard drive to local storage first, though. I run my VMs off an external hard drive, myself.
从闪存驱动器运行VM将具有积极的腐败性能。我想你可以先将虚拟硬盘复制到本地存储。我自己从外部硬盘上运行我的VM。
#2
I suggest you invest in an external SSD to put those VMs on. Thumb drives are not known for speed.
我建议您投资一台外置SSD来安装这些虚拟机。拇指驱动器的速度并不为人所知。
#3
This is entirely doable. Take a look at VMware Player -- To Go. Performance will be worse than an internal hard drive but not completely terrible. Jeff did a brief comparison.
这完全可行。看看VMware Player - To Go。性能将比内部硬盘差,但并不完全可怕。杰夫做了一个简短的比较。
#4
I've never tried a thumb drive, but I use external USB drives for virtual machines all the time. I use VirtualPC 2007 and have had no problems. In fact, sometimes if the host machine is on the weaker side, having the VM on an external drive increases performance. I recommend the external USB drive route.
我从未尝试过拇指驱动器,但我一直使用外部USB驱动器来安装虚拟机。我使用VirtualPC 2007并没有遇到任何问题。实际上,有时如果主机处于较弱的一侧,则在外部驱动器上安装VM可以提高性能。我推荐外置USB驱动器路由。
#5
Windows XP (and Vista and 7) can boot on multiple hardware configurations, each with different drivers (retail license, not OEM).
Windows XP(以及Vista和7)可以在多种硬件配置上启动,每种配置都有不同的驱动程序(零售许可证,而不是OEM)。
I started out with a 2.5" USB HDD for my portable enviroment. It was booting fine on multiple machines (@home, @work, or in any VMWare).
我开始使用2.5英寸硬盘驱动器作为我的便携式环境。它可以在多台机器上启动(@ home,@work或任何VMWare)。
I don't recommend a flash stick, but I do recommend a SSD stick. Today you can find SSD sticks with 2 ends, one USB and one eSATA.
我不推荐使用闪光棒,但我推荐使用SSD棒。今天你可以找到带有两端的SSD棒,一个USB和一个eSATA。
For booting USB drives with Windows XP you need USBoot. After booting the first time, Windows will install some drivers, including the Disk Controller drivers (without which, if booting directly on SATA Windows would BSOD with 0x0000007b).
要使用Windows XP启动USB驱动器,您需要USBoot。在第一次启动后,Windows将安装一些驱动程序,包括磁盘控制器驱动程序(如果没有它,如果直接在SATA Windows上启动将BSOD与0x0000007b)。
Since the first Intel SSD came out, I switched to using a SSD. I have 2 2.5" trays (insert 2.5" drive like a floppy) both @home and @work.
自从第一款英特尔SSD问世以来,我转而使用SSD。 @home和@work都有2个2.5英寸托盘(像软盘一样插入2.5英寸驱动器)。
I can boot that Windows in VMWare and on many other computers using USB (and I have, and it was life saving). I even booted from the backup VHD once :)
我可以在VMWare和许多其他使用USB的计算机上启动Windows(我有,并且它可以挽救生命)。我甚至从备份VHD启动了一次:)
I use Windows Backup to backup to a versioned VHD (in command line, see wbadmin command on Windows Vista, 7, 2008, 2008 R2). I can restore the entire enviroment including the OS pretty fast, and I have recovered from several disasters.
我使用Windows备份备份到版本化的VHD(在命令行中,请参阅Windows Vista,7,2008,2008 R2上的wbadmin命令)。我可以很快恢复整个环境,包括操作系统,我已经从几次灾难中恢复过来。
I also use EFS for important files (don't forget to backup your EFS files).
我还将EFS用于重要文件(不要忘记备份您的EFS文件)。
I pretty much have the smallest laptop arround, and I am very happy I don't have to carry a laptop bag back and forth to my workplace.
我几乎拥有最小的笔记本电脑,我很高兴我不必携带笔记本电脑包来回我的工作场所。
USBoot should work with Windows Vista and 7, yet I haven't had the time to switch (time consuming process for the size and complexity of my stuff).
USBoot应该可以与Windows Vista和7一起使用,但我没有时间切换(耗费时间的过程,因为我的东西的大小和复杂性)。