Questions and Answers : Getting started : How to change the BOINC-dedicated disk from internal HDD to an external SSD ?
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Message 37912 - Posted: 2 Feb 2019, 13:19:52 UTC

Hello.

I recently installed BOINC on the Linux partition of my laptop (I’m on dual boot). Everything works fine with the exception of bottlenecks and tasks cancellations due to disk space limitations.

As I just installed a ~450G SSD connected via Sata-->USB3, I’d like to know whether there is a way I can have BOINC to use the new SSD rather the internal disk ? Could anybody give me a hint about the new parameters to enter ?

Many thanks in advance for any help.
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Message 37913 - Posted: 2 Feb 2019, 13:38:03 UTC - in response to Message 37912.  

If you use your Linux installation for BOINC there are a couple of solutions.
Here are 2 examples:

1. Move your complete BOINC installation to the external SSD and mount the new location to the original mountpoint.
2. Move only the folders .../projects/ and .../slots/ to the external SSD and mount their new locations to the original mountpoint.

Not all projects work with example (2), e.g. primegrid.
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Message 38554 - Posted: 9 Apr 2019, 7:33:15 UTC

In my opinion the easiest way could be to use bcache
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