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Title: Move my .dat file Post by: yochdog on December 27, 2012, 02:53:42 PM Hey folks.....could someone give me a quick tutorial on moving my .dat file to a network drive rather than my C:?
I am filling up fast on my SSD, and need to get it moved to greener pastures. Any help is appreciated! Title: Re: Move my .dat file Post by: Stephen Gornick on December 27, 2012, 04:25:12 PM Hey folks.....could someone give me a quick tutorial on moving my .dat file to a network drive rather than my C:? I am filling up fast on my SSD, and need to get it moved to greener pastures. Any help is appreciated! There is a lot of I/O that occurs. I don't know the performance using a remote share, but it can't be pretty. Anyway, the steps are: 1.) Ensure you have a backup of your wallet.dat 2.) Run Bitcoin-Qt to detach the DB at shut down. (Right click on Menu -> options, then mark the checkbox Detach Databases at Shutdown.) Then close Bitcoin-Qt. Or, run from the command line: C:\> Bitcoin-Qt -detachdb=1 3.) Copy (or move) the entire Bitcoin directory to the new location [Edit: If copied instead of moved, you can then delete, or rename if unsure, the old directory location.] 4.) Launch Bitcoin-Qt with the -datadir= specifying the new Bitcoin directory e.g, for use on drive Z: C:\> Bitcoin-Qt -datadir=Z:\Bitcoin 5.) Profit. Title: Re: Move my .dat file Post by: yochdog on December 27, 2012, 04:29:35 PM Hey folks.....could someone give me a quick tutorial on moving my .dat file to a network drive rather than my C:? I am filling up fast on my SSD, and need to get it moved to greener pastures. Any help is appreciated! There is a lot of I/O that occurs. I don't know the performance using a remote share, but it can't be pretty. Anyway, the steps are: 1.) Ensure you have a backup of your wallet.dat 2.) Run Bitcoin-Qt to detach the DB at shut down. (Right click on Menu -> options, then mark the checkbox Detach Databases at Shutdown.) Then close Bitcoin-Qt. Or, run from the command line: C:\> Bitcoin-Qt -detachdb=1 3.) Copy (or move) the entire Bitcoin directory to the new location [Edit: If copied instead of moved, you can then delete, or rename if unsure, the old directory location.] 4.) Launch Bitcoin-Qt with the -datadir= specifying the new Bitcoin directory e.g, for use on drive Z: C:\> Bitcoin-Qt -datadir=Z:\Bitcoin 5.) Profit. I am using a gigabit network to access the shared drive.......that should suffice, no? Title: Re: Move my .dat file Post by: BitcoinSuite on January 30, 2013, 06:02:31 PM I am using a gigabit network to access the shared drive.......that should suffice, no? [/quote] That's plenty. You can always use electrum if you don't want the full client. |