[Virtualacorn-list] VRPC on a USB drive

[Dave Symes]

In article <52097df19fdave at triffid.co.uk>,
   Dave Symes <dave at triffid.co.uk> wrote:
[Snippy]

> Right, I think I know what the problem is.
> In a previous life it was formatted and attached to the Win 7 Laptop as a
> portable backup device.

> Later it was attached to the XP Beast and used wholly as a Read/Write
> backup device, it's only recently that I re-worked my backing strategy
> and started using it for the VRPC purpose.

> I'm now going to reformat it on the XP Beast...

> <Pause while I do that>

> Now reformatted, again NTFS, and I've put back the small test app, and
> rude words in abundance, it runs correctly from the reformatted drive.

> I've copied another app to the drive and that also runs okay, whereas it
> didn't before.

> I shall now copy the VRPC install from the Beast Hardrive, that will take
> a while, so I'll report again later after it's done.

> (Might not report until tomorrow, depending upon how long the copy takes)


Right, I return after the copy has been done, and yes double clicking the
VirtualRPC-AdjustSA.exe, does now run the Beast HD version of VRPC.

Now, after making the mods to the Models... model.cfg file and yes, VRPC
on the USB drive now boots the USB drive copy of VRPC as it does with the
multi versions on my Laptop.

I'm sorted and you all now know the answer.

Drive was originally formatted NTFS on a Win 7 machine which obviously set
some rights flags, when transferred to an XP machine the set rights were
getting in the way of running apps.

Format on the XP Beast wiped the W7 flags and Robert was thereafter...

Time for some ablutions and Zzzzzz methinks!

Cheers for all the thoughts offered, appreciated.

Dave

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Dave Triffid