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Dropbox is compatible with Ext4 but doesn't recognize ext4 drive?
So, like most Linux users, I've gotten the message about needing to upgrade to an ext4 drive. I had an extra drive in my machine with nothing on it so I formatted it to ext4. I rebooted then went int...
Walter
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey there Axiom2018 - sorry to hear about this.
If you have formatted your drive to be ext4 you shouldn't be getting this message. Note that if you received a notification and you are running ext4, it may be because you are also running ecryptfs. Ecrypfts is not supported.
Could this be the reason behind this?
Hi.
No, ecrypt is not running, it's actually not even installed. Here's the df -Th output
/dev/sdb1 ext4 459G 70M 435G 1% /media/daryl/storage500GB
I read somewhere here about having it on the same drive as / , is that correct? If so, I'm not going to format my system just to use dropbox.
I also checked and removed an old install from 2 years ago thinking it could have been that machine (not likely in my mind since the app wouldn't let me select the drive in my current machine but who knows) and still have the same issue.
- Walter
Thanks for the update Axiom2018!
Have you tried installing our software normally and then point the Dropbox folder to the drive you'll be using ( the ext4 )? If so, are you still getting this message?
Also, could you please verify that your device's setup is meeting our minimum requirements and that it's actually supported?
Hi Walter
The software is currently working and has for years on the same set up. Only issue is with the ext4 drive
GTK2-engines 2.20.2-3
Glib 2.42
Libnotify 0.7.6-2
Libappindicator 0.4.92-3.1 (latest version)
Nautilus 3.14.1-2
Dropbox 2015.10.28
/home/XXXXXXXXX# cat /proc/version
Linux version 3.16.0-4-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 4.8.4 (Debian 4.8.4-1) ) #1 SMP Debian 3.16.51-3 (2017-12-13)
So, this means that it is no longer possible to use Dropbox when ecryptfs is also running?
I'm having the same problem. Here are the relevant lines from sudo blkid
/dev/nvme0n1p1: UUID="495..." TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="afa..."
/dev/nvme1n1p1: UUID="19d..." TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="44f..."
I currently have dropbox running correctly on nvme1, which is where the OS (Ubuntu 18.04) is installed. But when I try to move the folder location to the (mounted) nvme0, I get the same incompatible filesystem error.
Here is what my /etc/fstab lines look like:
UUID=19d... / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
UUID=495... /mnt/ssd ext4 defaults 0 2
I tried changing the options on the drive that's not working to errors=remount-ro so that they would match, but that also did not fix the problem.
As far as I have read elsewhere, you are correct that Dropbox will not work on an encrypted ext4 partition, which is an absolute deal breaker for me... What kind of security or lack thereof is Dropbox promoting? It's bad enough that I've lost the ability to share a Dropbox folder between dual boot Winblows / Linux because they forced out NTFS partitions on Linux... I am going to have to re-evaluate if Dropbox is even worth it anymore or not... Been using them for years, but they are alienating their customers...
