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Dual booting with shared DB drive possible?
I am looking in to buying a new laptop and will need to dual boot Windows and Ubuntu. I am planning three SSD's - one for Windows, one for Ubuntu and one as a shared data drive. Is it possible to...
It's very possible, just not supported or recommended.
Install Dropbox and use the Advanced Options to specify the location for your Dropbox folder. Allow it to sync completely. Boot into the other operating system and install Dropbox, again using Advanced Options to specify the same Dropbox folder. Dropbox will index your files when the installation is complete, but shouldn't need to sync anything unless there have been changes (though it may appear to be syncing, just let it work).
It is extremely important that you DO NOT USE SELECTIVE SYNC from either operating system when running in this configuration. If you do, you WILL lose files.
I would also suggest never booting into the other operating system until you're certain that the current one is fully synced. Also, as always, keep your own backups of your data.
I was replying to Rich's post dated 04-11-2018 08:40 PM about the issue of Dropbox not allowing dual booting with the SAME operating system, namely Windows. His workaround implying renaming the Dropbox folder to cheat the Dropbox desktop application. It worked for me with only reporting "Conflicting Copies" in some (a couple hundreds) Excel files between the two Windows 7 operating systems. But apparently it is working. Thanks QA
Similar position to Chas & Blackbat: if I
- Install dropbox to an ext4 linux partition,
- Boot into windows, access a dropbox-folder file using ext4fsd, edit it, save it,
- Boot back into linux
How will dropbox cope/deal with the changed file?
A. Complete reindex (I have ~14gb FWIW)
B. Diff check against logs, finds single file change, indexes, uploads
C. Something else?
Cheers!
