title: Storing VMware virtual machines in external hard disk
body: <p>Any issue with storing VMware virtual machines on an external hard disk?</p>
  
  <p>I recently setup an Ubuntu virtual machine on my external hard disk.  Once I accidentally removed the external hard disk USB connection, then when I tried to startup the Ubuntu VM again I got a kernel panic.</p>
  
  <p>I'm thinking of writing a cron script to backup everyday to another location to prevent this issue.</p>