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Hi All,
I am on Ubuntu 11.04 with XBMC Eden. This is a fresh install of XBMC. I also have Windows XP on a dual boot on this same laptop.
I have a 52 GB partition free which is accessible from within Ubuntu.
What I am trying to achieve is as follows:
1. Move default XBMC path from $HOME/.xbmc/userdata/ to this new partition.
OR if this is not possible, then
2. Fresh install of XBMC with its default .xbmc/userdata/ path pointing to this new partition.
Please guide me on doing this.
TIA
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why don't you simply mount the partition at that folder?
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2012-06-03, 14:37
(This post was last modified: 2012-06-03, 14:38 by blittan.)
or just symlink .xbmc to the new place and copy over the data.
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Thanks a lot for a quick response.
I am a complete newbie with Ubuntu / Linux. I would be obliged if you could share the exact steps to be performed to do this.
Thanks a lot.
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ln -s <destination> <linkname>
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I think you want this:
STOP XBMC if running
# change into the xbmc location
cd $HOME/.xbmc
# rename userdata to something else for a moment
cd ..
mv userdata userdata.b4
# create symbolic link to partition
ln -s /path/to/52gb/partition userdata
# now copy userdata stuff back
cp -r userdata.b4/* userdata/
Start up XBMC and see if all looks ok
If it does not, STOP XBMC
cd $HOME/.xbmc
rm userdata
mv userdata.b4 userdata
...and your back to normal
If XBMC does look ok after the symlink then you can clean up
cd $HOME/.xbmc
rm -rf userdata.b4
hope this helps
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Thank you very very much atari800!! God bless you!!
This is EXACTLY the kind of step by step help I needed! These steps worked perfectly for me.
I hope this helps others too!
Once again, thank you!