```
mv Dropbox Dropbox-old
mv: cannot move 'Dropbox' to 'Dropbox-old': Device or resource busy
```
since there is a dedicated partition mounted:
`/dev/nvme0n1p7 on /home/sneumann/Dropbox type ext4 (rw,relatime)`
because the rest of $HOME is sitting on xfs:
`/dev/nvme0n1p6 on / type xfs (rw,relatime,attr2,inode64,logbufs=8,logbsize=32k,noquota)`
=> Could that be the culprit ? If yes, how to setup partitions if I want xfs for `/` and `/home` ?
Yours,
Steffen
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I have a shared partition for my /home as ntfs, so that windows also can access it for the rare times I need to use it.
I think this is my solution and I will try it, even though I have to google-fu all the commands for your steps, since I'm a terminal amateur.
I report how it goes in case other people with my problem find this.
All the best
Rasmus
Hi,
re-installing simply won't help. I now have a solution I can describe to help others with the same issue:
0) since $HOME is on XFS file system, I need a separate ext4 partition to host the Dropbox folder. What worked in the past was to mount an ext4 partition directly on ~/Dropbox.
This does NOT WORK ANYMORE, since dropbox tries to rename that upon start/installation.
1) I had to have a temporary $HOME on ext4, which then happily created ~/Dropbox and do the syncing.
2) Then I can use dropbox preferences/sync to move ~/Dropbox to a subfolder e..g ~/ext4/Dropbox
3) Then I can mount my normal $HOME on XFS, and mount the separate ext4 under ~/ext4/ with the ~/ext4/Dropbox folder.
So for your engineering team, please test ~/Dropbox being a mountpoint of an ext4 partition, and/or lift the requirement/restriction to a specific filesystem for ~/Dropbox.
Yours,
Steffen
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