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Bitcoin Core V.18.1 running on an external hard drive (D:)

Quote from: Marla_H

2020-01-07 12:54:36 (INFO) -- ArmoryUtils.pyc:1284 - Satoshi BTC directory : D:\Bitcoin core
2020-01-07 12:54:40 (ERROR) -- ArmoryQt.py:1862 - Failed to setup SDM
BitcoindError: bitcoind not found

Is there really a space between 'Bitcoin' and 'core' of the folder name of your Bitcoin Core's directory?
Because you've been trying to load it from E:\BitcoinCore last November, but now, you changed it to D:\Bitcoin core (with space)

-edit-

She deleted her post, maybe it was solved.

goatpig

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Quote from: alomar on July 06, 2018, 06:05:27 AM

No, I'm asking why having "D:\BitcoinCore" as Bitcoin Home Dir in the settings failed.

I have not investigated it, most likely the setting in the GUI gets bypassed at some point. If your question is does this work as intended, the answer is no, this is a bug.

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Quote from: goatpig on July 05, 2018, 06:47:29 AM

Quote from: alomar on July 05, 2018, 05:55:28 AM

Quote from: Marla_H on June 12, 2018, 08:19:38 AM

yes, in the settings window i checked "let armory run Bitcoin Core in the background"
and have "D:\BitcoinCore" as Bitcoin Home Dir

goatpig

Why didn't this work in the first place?

Might it be helpful for Armory to display an error message in the future (like "can't find satoshi -datadir") instead of hanging on "preparing database"?

This is a client side issue. Only DB stuff gets reported in the GUI, cause it's not expecting to fail itself. I'll push a bug fix release with a bunch of such fixes sometimes soon.

No, I'm asking why having "D:\BitcoinCore" as Bitcoin Home Dir in the settings failed.

goatpig

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Quote from: alomar on July 05, 2018, 05:55:28 AM

Quote from: Marla_H on June 12, 2018, 08:19:38 AM

yes, in the settings window i checked "let armory run Bitcoin Core in the background"
and have "D:\BitcoinCore" as Bitcoin Home Dir

goatpig

Why didn't this work in the first place?

Might it be helpful for Armory to display an error message in the future (like "can't find satoshi -datadir") instead of hanging on "preparing database"?

This is a client side issue. Only DB stuff gets reported in the GUI, cause it's not expecting to fail itself. I'll push a bug fix release with a bunch of such fixes sometimes soon.

alomar

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Quote from: Marla_H on June 12, 2018, 08:19:38 AM

yes, in the settings window i checked "let armory run Bitcoin Core in the background"
and have "D:\BitcoinCore" as Bitcoin Home Dir

goatpig

Why didn't this work in the first place?

Might it be helpful for Armory to display an error message in the future (like "can't find satoshi -datadir") instead of hanging on "preparing database"?

Marla_H

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All set - thanks!

goatpig

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Remove the path setting in the GUI and try again.

Marla_H

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followed instructions - no luck
here are my logs:

https://pastebin.com/i2i1hG59
https://pastebin.com/q81FVTHJ

suggestions?
Thanks in advance...

goatpig

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Create a text file, rename it armoryqt.conf, put the one line in there. Make sure you display known file extensions or you won't be able to change the .txt to .conf.

Marla_H

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Thank yoiu very much
agian, sorry for rookie questions:

is this a txt file? and i just paste this one line of code in it?

tried that - to no avail. same issue

thanks

goatpig

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Create a file named armoryqt.conf in your Armory datadir (where your wallets are), put this line in there:

Code:

satoshi-datadir=D:\BitcoinCore\blocks

Marla_H

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Thank you
when I start manually it works fine
Im using Bitcoin Core 15.1

yes, in the settings window i checked "let armory run Bitcoin Core in the background"
and have "D:\BitcoinCore" as Bitcoin Home Dir

HCP

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Quote from: Marla_H on June 12, 2018, 07:16:20 AM

"start BitcoinQt manually"

1. Make sure Armory is NOT running
2. Goto: C:\Program Files\Bitcoin
3. Double click on bitcoin-qt.exe

what happens? Also, what version of Bitcoin Core do you have installed?

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and "passing your custom blockchain path to Armory"?

You stated that your Bitcoin data directory (ie. the folder that has your wallet.dat and all the Bitcoin Core "blocks" data) is in a non-standard custom location (ie. "Running BitcoinCore on an external HD"). Looking at the logs... it is in D:\BitcoinCore

How are you telling Armory where your Blockchain data is? Did you set that in a .conf file? Did you set it in the Armory settings window?

Marla_H

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Goatpig - can you please explain in plain English:
"start BitcoinQt manually"
and "passing your custom blockchain path to Armory"?
sorry for the newbie question

HCP

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2018-06-11 11:44:11 (INFO) -- ArmoryUtils.pyc:1294 - Available HDD (BTC) : 0 GB

Is that a legitimate problem? Or just Armory not being able to calculate the disk space on the external drive? Huh

goatpig

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If you start BitcoinQt manually, does it crash? Also, how are you passing your custom blockchain path to Armory?

Marla_H

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here are my logs:

https://pastebin.com/aPCuS2rc
https://pastebin.com/gK7SHU5h

Thanks in advance
Marla

goatpig

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Post your logs.

Marla_H

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Hello -

looking for some help again
just upgraded to 0.96.4
Running BitcoinCore on an external HD
all went well untill the upgrade
now Armory wont sync, stays "offline" and gets stuck on "preparing database" -no green in the bar
Havent done any recent transactions, just want to see that my wallet is intact and synced

any ideas?

thanks in advance Embarrassed

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