Installing bitcoin core on fedora on external SSD drive

[MrSilverhand]

Hello there,

I just downloaded the latest stable bitcoin core for linux and I am trying to download the blockchain into a 1 TB external SSD (for the sake of not cluttering my own internal SSD that barely has enough space for the blockchain anyway...)

The problem is, bitcoin core doesn't let me choose the external drive.

I run Fedora 35

Could someone help please? thanks!

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[Crypto-DesignService]

I'm not an expert on this but these threads might help and they all say the same thing, in which you need to manually specify it to a directory path.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2219597.0 - Can I install Bitcoin Core on an external hard drive?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2219597.0 - Running Bitcoin Core on External Hard Drive

'in your homefolder there is a dir called .bitcoin, in there is a file named bitcoin.conf

in the bitcoin.conf file (you might need to create it manually) you can specify the existing installation with the datadir option, e.g. datadir=/media/$user/BLOCKCHAIN/bitcoin

its important to point to the bitcoin folder, load bitcoin core with the bitcoind or bitcoin-qt command (sudo might be necessary) and bitcoin core will recognise your exisiting installation'

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/ejno8s/btc_node_need_help_with_ubuntu_and_btc_core/

[BlackHatCoiner]

The problem is, bitcoin core doesn't let me choose the external drive.

Can you access the external drive from Fedora? If yes, have you tried using the datadir parameter?

Code:

bitcoind --datadir=<your_external_drive_location>

It should be some sort of /mnt/tmp.

Edit: (datadir can also be set in the configuration file as rightly said above)

[MrSilverhand]

Thank you everyone. The problem is I haven't got a dir called .bitcoin nor a file called bitcoin.conf. I've installed bitcoin core via snap but it needs to run a first time to create all the directories I think


Okay, I managed to run it the first time and it created a config file in which I can change the datadir. It now tries to install it in the proper place when I rerun it, but thinks I only have 3 GB free... (I have a free terabyte)

https://imgur.com/a/tyuzsl3 for screenshot

[LoyceV]

Okay, I managed to run it the first time and it created a config file in which I can change the datadir. It now tries to install it in the proper place when I rerun it, but thinks I only have 3 GB free... (I have a free terabyte)

First: note that pruning is enabled if you don't untick the checkbox at the bottom. That means you won't store the full blockchain.
Are you sure /run/medida/salvo is your external drive? I haven't used Fedora in a while, but I'm not used to drives being mounted in /run.

[ABCbits]

Okay, I managed to run it the first time and it created a config file in which I can change the datadir. It now tries to install it in the proper place when I rerun it, but thinks I only have 3 GB free... (I have a free terabyte)

https://imgur.com/a/tyuzsl3 for screenshot

Since you mentioned that you install Bitcoin Core via Snap, have you checked whether you give Bitcoin Core permission to access your external drive?

[MrSilverhand]

Aaaah, that was the problem ETFbitcoin. Thank you so much!