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Not only will that prevent quota problems on /home, it will also be faster, because your local copy is actually local. | Not only will that prevent quota problems on /home, it will also be faster, because your local copy is actually local. | ||
* **IMPORTANT**: | * **IMPORTANT**: | ||
- | - A new setup of Dropbox will by default start in ''/ | + | - A new setup of Dropbox will by default start in ''/ |
- If you followed earlier advice, and moved '' | - If you followed earlier advice, and moved '' | ||
* Close dropbox to make sure nothing is running | * Close dropbox to make sure nothing is running | ||
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* Restart dropbox again. It will now work with the local location (''/ | * Restart dropbox again. It will now work with the local location (''/ | ||
* If you want, you can now remove the symbolic link from your home directory | * If you want, you can now remove the symbolic link from your home directory | ||
+ | - An alternative method tricks dropbox into seeing another directory as your home, so you can avoid using the nfs mounted home disk. However, using this method, dropbox cannot be started automatically when you log in, you have to use the commandline to start it up, although file manager access will work once started. | ||
+ | * Stop Dropbox if it is already running | ||
+ | * Create the directory where you want the Dropbox files on the local disk, eg ''/ | ||
+ | * Point HOME to that location, and start installing dropbox: | ||
+ | * Next time you log in, repeat this command without the -i option: '' | ||
* Disable LAN sync (Dropbox preferences - general tab). It would only be useful to synchronize between computers in the local network, but the computers in our network can share disks through automount, so there just is no point to have Dropbox generate a lot of network traffic to duplicate a feature we already offer (with much greater flexibility, | * Disable LAN sync (Dropbox preferences - general tab). It would only be useful to synchronize between computers in the local network, but the computers in our network can share disks through automount, so there just is no point to have Dropbox generate a lot of network traffic to duplicate a feature we already offer (with much greater flexibility, | ||
* Do not run Dropbox on multiple desktops at the same time. Dropbox isn't aware of the fact, that a data location like ''/ | * Do not run Dropbox on multiple desktops at the same time. Dropbox isn't aware of the fact, that a data location like ''/ |