Timeline for How do I move the blockchain (data.mdb) to a different directory during (or after) the initial sync without losing the progress?
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| Oct 21, 2022 at 15:32 | comment | added | user15205 | Just wanted to add that the top answer worked for me on a 2016 macbook pro running OSX 12.6 (Monterrey). I didn't realize there was a space at end of the name of the external drive which was causing the process not to work. Once I found the space and got rid of it everything worked smoothly. | |
| Aug 23, 2021 at 16:04 | comment | added | dEBRUYNE | @user5359531 - Do you still require any assistance? | |
| May 21, 2021 at 18:02 | comment | added | user5359531 | "Go to the Settings page of the GUI and add the full path of the new directory as Blockchain location" ; As of 2021 it seems like this does not exist in the macOS GUI | |
| Oct 31, 2020 at 13:37 | comment | added | Velizar Hristov |
As of 2020, there is a Monero Daemon shortcut created on installation, so if you press Cmd and find Monero Daemon, then you right-click it -> Open File Location, then you right-click its shortcut -> Properties, you will see that under Target it has something which is "F:\Programs\Monero GUI Wallet\monerod.exe" --data-dir F:\ProgramData\bitmonero for me. You need to manually change the --data-dir to the new directory - since updating the GUI doesn't change this.
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| Mar 12, 2018 at 20:40 | comment | added | dEBRUYNE |
A space in the path may cause issues. Perhaps try renaming the external drive to WD1TBMedia and then using --data-dir /Volumes/WD1TBMedia/Monero
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| Mar 8, 2018 at 16:57 | comment | added | Simon |
that does not work... What´s wrong here? Using my Mac with an external Drive... created a new Folder /Monero/lmdb copied my existing chain from my local hard drive over - but i'm unable to connect to the daemon. Tried different ways - without any success... --data-dir /Volumes/WD\ 1TB\ Media/Monero/lmdb/data.mdb --data-dir /Volumes/WD\ 1TB\ Media/Monero/lmdb --data-dir /Volumes/WD 1TB Media/Monero/lmdb/data.mdb --data-dir /Volumes/WD 1TB Media/Monero/lmdb Didn't work .... any idea? Thanks in advance...
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| Feb 24, 2018 at 18:49 | history | edited | dEBRUYNE | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 18, 2018 at 11:55 | comment | added | dEBRUYNE |
For config files, see: monero.stackexchange.com/questions/2866/…. The blockchain import is done by a different binary, namely monero-blockchain-import. I think you can add a custom directory there too (using `--data-dir) so it places the imported blockchain (data.mdb) in the custom directory. However, if you already finished importing and it placed the blockchain in the default directory, it's probably best to just use this guide to move the blockchain.
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| Jan 18, 2018 at 9:53 | comment | added | JP Hellemons | Can I check a config file to see if the gui did save the directory at step 3? Because the GUI does show me the correct location and the import raw guide stored everything in the default location. | |
| Jan 14, 2018 at 10:06 | vote | accept | dEBRUYNE | ||
| Jan 11, 2018 at 18:35 | history | edited | dEBRUYNE | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 11, 2018 at 15:47 | history | edited | dEBRUYNE | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 11, 2018 at 15:42 | history | answered | dEBRUYNE | CC BY-SA 3.0 |