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MarkJelic
New member | Level 2
4 months ago

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 ...
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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
4 months ago

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.

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