Cannot store files on network drive in OS X. #3919

issue omottestad opened this issue on March 21, 2014

omottestad commented at 1:02 AM on March 21, 2014: none

When starting the program for the first time on OS X, I tried to choose a directory on a network drive, but after continuing, the program does not start properly, but instead crashes with the error:

EXCEPTION: N5boost12interprocess22interprocess_exceptionE
Operation not supported
bitcoin in Runaway exception

Requesting initialize Running AppInit2 in thread
laanwj commented at 7:03 AM on March 21, 2014: member

I suggest starting with the command line argument -choosedatadir and choosing another data directory.

It looks like it is unable to create the lock on that data directory (used to avoid two colliding bitcoin instances using the same directory). Not all kinds of network filesystems support the operations required to store the data directory.
laanwj added the label GUI on Mar 21, 2014
laanwj added the label Mac on Mar 21, 2014
jonasschnelli commented at 8:53 AM on December 29, 2014: contributor

There is no explicit support for "network-drives" (network drives could also be a SFTP mapper with MacFuse). This issue can be closed IMO.
laanwj closed this on Dec 29, 2014
sidhujag referenced this in commit f1e6e3f59b on Jan 11, 2021
MarcoFalke locked this on Sep 8, 2021

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