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Can I install and run Dropbox from a bootable USB with OS that loads into RAM?
I'd like to install and run Dropbox from a bootable usb for portabilit with and operating system that loads into ram for speed a here is a list of possibilities. Can dropbox run on any of these?
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Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox Staff
Unfortunatewlly I'm not familiar enoough with those dependencies and the available linux disdtributions satify them to decide what to do.
LANdpLAN, As seems, you haven't read carefully enough your Puppy Linux install guide - especially in partitions note. There can be seen some of the supported FSes by Puppy Linux... Wow 🙂 One of them coexists in supported by Dropbox list too - ext4. Just be more careful when setting up your system. 🙋 That's it.
I used ext4 during setup for the save file partition. The root folder options were only fat32. Unless I missunderstood I don't know how to put the root onto an ext4 fs.
LANdpLAN, I don't know what exactly you have done, but according your post in the previous thread where you asked for the same, it was neither ext4 nor fat32. 🤷 Check again if you have some doubts.
By the way, it's never good idea to run client applications (like Dropbox application, but not only) as root, as you have tried. Better do this on normal client context. To avoid confusion, this is not something mandatory and not a source of your issue, just a good practice (better security).
