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DirCat · 01-28-2022, 09:29 AM

That works perfectly. Thanks!

My question though (before I go and shell out the $ for it): Can you use the same setup on Dropbox? Meaning making the Dropbox a portable Linux Calibre drive so the program (and all of the plugins) can be accessed everywhere.

(The reason I'm asking is that I lost my main computer's Calibre instance and worry that my USB drive might mess up as well. By having it out in the cloud like that, it wouldn't be lost nearly as easily.)

(EDIT: I just realized that the Dropbox drive probably isn't formatted as an EXT4 drive. That means it may not work right...)

01-28-2022, 09:29 AM	#7
DirCat Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 84276 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Tuscaloosa, AL Device: Samsung Tablet	That works perfectly. Thanks! My question though (before I go and shell out the $ for it): Can you use the same setup on Dropbox? Meaning making the Dropbox a portable Linux Calibre drive so the program (and all of the plugins) can be accessed everywhere. (The reason I'm asking is that I lost my main computer's Calibre instance and worry that my USB drive might mess up as well. By having it out in the cloud like that, it wouldn't be lost nearly as easily.) (EDIT: I just realized that the Dropbox drive probably isn't formatted as an EXT4 drive. That means it may not work right...) Last edited by DirCat; 01-28-2022 at 09:43 AM. Reason: Added the ext4 line.