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March 09, 2013, 10:03:46 PM
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Hey guys, any idea why I can't get bitcoin-qt to see and use my new data directory?
I am using Linux and the .bitcoin folder is now 13Gb in size. WTF! This must be wrong.
I now only have about 200Mb left on my home drive.
So, I have moved the .bitcoin folder to another computer on my home network, but when I run the
"bitcoin-qt -datadir=/home/*******/BITCOIN/.bitcoin"
from the command line, it launches but opens with an empty wallet, and recreates a new .bitcoin folder in my old Home partition, and
starts to redownload from the internet.

This is not good news.

Any ideas?
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March 09, 2013, 10:27:21 PM
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So, I have moved the .bitcoin folder to another computer on my home network, but when I run the
"bitcoin-qt -datadir=/home/*******/BITCOIN/.bitcoin"
from the command line, it launches but opens with an empty wallet, and recreates a new .bitcoin folder in my old Home partition, and starts to redownload from the internet.

You're not very clear.  You're talking about moving your data to an other computer.  Are you trying to use NFS or something?   I doubt so.  I suspect you're talking about mounting your .bitcoin directory on an other partition.  Which is the simplest solution to your problem.  If you do so, you can also use symbolic links to store your wallet somewhere else.

Also, it might be necessary to define the new location for your datadir in bitcoin.conf (which must be present in both destination, I guess).   Though just on command line should be enough, normally.

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March 09, 2013, 10:35:00 PM
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Hi grondilu, yes I am using an NFS partition, and yes I am talking about moving the data to another computer.
The issue being, I can't mount .bitcoin on another partition, and I don't think that requires an individual entry in fstab, as the folder it is placed in is mounted anyway.

My system does not have a bitcoin.conf anywhere.
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March 09, 2013, 10:44:20 PM
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Hey thanks for your help.

Finally got the symlink working.

Nice 1.
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March 09, 2013, 10:58:07 PM
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My system does not have a bitcoin.conf anywhere.

That's because bitcoin-qt does not create it by default.  You're required to make one only when running bitcoind IIRC.

Just make one in your .bitcoin directory.

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March 09, 2013, 11:15:05 PM
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A LOT faster than before, thanks guys!
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March 13, 2013, 01:53:45 AM
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