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LANdpLAN's avatar
LANdpLAN
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Has anyone else installed Dropbox on a Puppy Linux on a USB?

Is anyone using dropbox on a usb installation of puppy linux or any other linux dist on a usb?
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Здравко's avatar
Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
2 years ago

LANdpLAN, what are you asking for actually? Where Linux is installed doesn't matter; the important thing is compatible configuration (installed libraries, FS, etc).

LANdpLAN's avatar
LANdpLAN
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

I am using Frigal Pup 64 V9.5 and I've installed Dropbox 198.4.7615 with PPM.  I used Palemoon 33 to sign in.
Now dropbox says "Your Dropbox folder is on a file system that is no longer supported." I can choose:
>see requirements...>https://help.dropbox.com/sync/files-not-syncing#location
or Quit Dropbox
or Move> and I tried to save but it gave me the same error "Your Dropbox folder is on a file system that is no longer supported."

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    2 years ago

    Hey LANdpLAN - sorry to jump in here, but did you make sure that the partition/drive your Dropbox folder is using a supported file system from the ones mentioned here? 

  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20
    2 years ago
    Здравко  wrote:

    ... the important thing is compatible configuration (installed libraries, FS, etc).

    LANdpLAN wrote:

    ...
    Now dropbox says "Your Dropbox folder is on a file system that is no longer supported." ...

    What is the filesystem that your home folder is mounted on?

     

    Add: What is the result of:

    stat -f ~
    • LANdpLAN's avatar
      LANdpLAN
      Explorer | Level 3
      2 years ago

      root# stat -f ~
      File: "/root"
      ID: 0 Namelen: 242 Type: aufs
      Block size: 4096 Fundamental block size: 4096
      Blocks: Total: 967485 Free: 613173 Available: 613173
      Inodes: Total: 967485 Free: 962396

      • Здравко's avatar
        Здравко
        Legendary | Level 20
        2 years ago

        Unfortunately, Dropbox limited support for different file system. Now only small subset of all available FSes are acceptable for Dropbox. As you can see on your own, your FS - aufs - is not between supported file systems. You have to setup different one (select between supported) to be able run Dropbox application. That's it.

        Good luck.

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