This way users can select the drive and directory where the blockchain will be kept.
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falinatecas commented at 5:25 PM on May 7, 2013: none
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Diapolo commented at 8:42 PM on May 7, 2013: none
Just use the -datadir option.
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falinatecas commented at 9:21 PM on May 7, 2013: none
Just to make the GUI more user friendly - although there are other clients out there for newbs, aiming to be user friendly, but bitcoin-qt is usually the first one that new bitcoiners meet, and it can cause frustrations not knowing that 9GB will be downloaded somewhere to the system partition. This might need to be emphasized.
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laanwj commented at 6:02 AM on May 8, 2013: member
I guess it could ask if you want to customize the datadir at first run or after installation...
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laanwj commented at 8:02 PM on May 15, 2013: member
I've started working on this.
When bitcoin-qt is started with a data directory that does not exist yet (ie, the first time), it will pop up an intro screen in which a data directory can be chosen.
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falinatecas commented at 8:46 PM on May 15, 2013: none
That's great, thank you. Do you plan to include a note about the approx size of the blockchain that needs to be downloaded to the selected dir?
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gmaxwell commented at 8:49 PM on May 15, 2013: contributor
One thing to do might be to not permit selecting a location that doesn't have enough space free.
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