I received an email from Dropbox stating
I don't have enough internal drive space for my full Dropbox so use an external drive which is formatted as fuseblkWhat to do next
Choose a new location for your Dropbox folder:
tony-ThinkPad-SL510, Linux 4.4.0-130-generic
Move Dropbox to an Ext4 drive
tony-Latitude-E6430, Linux 4.15.0-30-generic
Move Dropbox to an Ext4 drive
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tony@tony-Latitude-E6430 ~ $ df -T
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev devtmpfs 6053796 0 6053796 0% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 1216808 55400 1161408 5% /run
/dev/sda1 ext4 295275440 237780800 42472460 85% /
tmpfs tmpfs 6084024 60364 6023660 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% /run/lock
tmpfs tmpfs 6084024 0 6084024 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
cgmfs tmpfs 100 0 100 0% /run/cgmanager/fs
tmpfs tmpfs 1216808 96 1216712 1% /run/user/1000
/dev/sdb1 fuseblk 976728060 877782236 98945824 90% /media/tony/My Passport
- Unlink my Dropbox folder then move it to a temp location
reformat sdb1 as ext4
copy the dropbox folder back
relink it to Dropbox
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tony@tony-Latitude-E6430 ~ $ specs
System: Host: tony-Latitude-E6430 Kernel: 4.15.0-30-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Desktop: MATE 1.18.0 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3) Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Machine: System: Dell (portable) product: Latitude E6430 v: 01
Mobo: Dell model: 0CPWYR v: A00 Bios: Dell v: A07 date: 10/08/2012
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i5-3210M (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 9967
clock speeds: max: 3100 MHz 1: 2876 MHz 2: 2935 MHz 3: 2797 MHz 4: 2912 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1366x768@60.01hz, 1024x768@60.00hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.2.8 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1 Intel 7 Series/C210 Series Family High Definition Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Card-2 Generalplus driver: USB Audio usb-ID: 003-005
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-30-generic
Network: Card-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: f080 bus-ID: 00:19.0
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Card-2: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: wlp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1320.2GB (87.6% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MK3261GS size: 320.1GB
ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: My_Passport_07A8 size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 282G used: 227G (85%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: swap-1 size: 12.75GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 59.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 213 Uptime: 9 days Memory: 3491.3/11882.9MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35