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Dropbox on Linux: Selecting alternate Drive for Location
Long time user of OneDrive on Windows but moving to Linux Mint, and with no support for OneDrive on Linux, I have once again taken up a subscription to the Dropbox service. Glad they are reading the ...
Hi MarkJelic,
It was possible before (years). Dropbox decided to limit file systems where Dropbox folder may reside on and so there are different FS sets for Windows, Linux, and Mac. That's way Dropbox folder cannot be shared. If it is installed on Windows, it resides on NTFS - something Dropbox doesn't allow on Linux (despite Linux itself support NTFS). The opposite (initial instal on Linux and then trying on Windows) would be the same story. 😕 Despite it was possible, now Dropbox doesn't allow sharing Dropbox folder on double boot systems, don't loose your time trying. Otherwise on Linux can be selected differen Dropbox folder location, including different drive, as far as FS there is Dropbox supported (the same when you move Dropbox folder on Windows - try move from NTFS drive to, let's say FAT drive - is it possible😉).
Hope this clarifies matter.
Thanks for the reply and explanation, which is a pity they can't make it work, with one folder location being used by both operating systems.
But I'm moving away from Windows completely, and was wondering if it was possible to have the Dropbox folder on a different (physical) drive under Linux? At present, it seems like I can onlyt have it under user /home/user/ folder.
I've even tried using a SymLink to a Dropbox folder on another drive, but that doesn't work either.Or are we really stuck with Dropbox MUST BE install on the primary drive only?
