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Axiom2018
Helpful | Level 6
8 years ago

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...
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Axiom2018's avatar
Axiom2018
Helpful | Level 6
8 years ago

Did you try competely uninstalling, grabbing the new files and installing fresh then letting it update?

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AminSadeghi
Helpful | Level 6
8 years ago

Axiom2018 For starters, how do I update Dropbox in the first place? I downloaded Dropbox from here and then installed it. The current version reads 59.4.93. Is that the latest? and if not, how do I update it?

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    Axiom2018
    Helpful | Level 6
    8 years ago

    I installed the 64bit version, once it was installed it said something about updating and when it was done, I had version 59.4.93. I didn't do anything else.

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    ltomov
    New member | Level 2
    8 years ago

    I was getting the same error when trying to move Dropbox into /media/lacho/Dropbox (that folder uses ext4, non-encryptfs).

    So I used another folder /opt/lacho/Dropbox and this time is recognized it. Both folders have the same fs, but I guess Dropbox seems to have some issue with /media.

    And this happens on Linux Mint with the latest .deb installation (59.4.93).

    The only issue I have now is that when moving it actually created one more "Dropbox" folder, so the path is now /opt/lacho/Dropbox/Dropbox which is very ugly, but when i try to move it to one folder up, it says "unsupported fs" once again. 

     

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