Lange_666 Posted November 2, 2024 Posted November 2, 2024 Because i ran a bit out of (update)space in my 1TB dedicated DCS drive, i'm using symbolic links for some less (or not) used stuff. This works fine but what with updates to stuff that has symbolic links on it and is moved out of the DCS folder? Is this updated on the newly created disk space or is it updated in the old space making a mix of newly updated stuff and symbolic link stuff? Win11 Pro 64-bit, Ryzen 5800X3D, Corsair H115i, Gigabyte X570S UD, EVGA 3080Ti XC3 Ultra 12GB, 64 GB DDR4 G.Skill 3600. Monitors: LG 27GL850-B27 2560x1440 + Samsung SyncMaster 2443 1920x1200, HOTAS: Warthog with Virpil WarBRD base, MFG Crosswind pedals, TrackIR4, Rift-S, Elgato Streamdeck XL. Personal Wish List: A6 Intruder, Vietnam theater, decent ATC module, better VR performance!
silverdevil Posted November 2, 2024 Posted November 2, 2024 1 hour ago, Lange_666 said: Because i ran a bit out of (update)space in my 1TB dedicated DCS drive, i'm using symbolic links for some less (or not) used stuff. This works fine but what with updates to stuff that has symbolic links on it and is moved out of the DCS folder? Is this updated on the newly created disk space or is it updated in the old space making a mix of newly updated stuff and symbolic link stuff? symbolic links are, in the simplest terms, making the windows file system think D:\FOLDER is really C:\FOLDER. any content meant for C:\FOLDER will go to the linked folder. it does not get moved. it just goes there. if you install a new disk, the symbolic links need to be recreated. or at least checked they are working. (i may be misunderstanding your question though) 1 AKA_SilverDevil Join AKA Wardogs Email Address My YouTube “The MIGS came up, the MIGS were aggressive, we tangled, they lost.” - Robin Olds - An American fighter pilot. He was a triple ace. The only man to ever record a confirmed kill while in glide mode.
Lange_666 Posted November 2, 2024 Author Posted November 2, 2024 You didn't misunderstood. If updates just go into the linked folder then all is fine. Win11 Pro 64-bit, Ryzen 5800X3D, Corsair H115i, Gigabyte X570S UD, EVGA 3080Ti XC3 Ultra 12GB, 64 GB DDR4 G.Skill 3600. Monitors: LG 27GL850-B27 2560x1440 + Samsung SyncMaster 2443 1920x1200, HOTAS: Warthog with Virpil WarBRD base, MFG Crosswind pedals, TrackIR4, Rift-S, Elgato Streamdeck XL. Personal Wish List: A6 Intruder, Vietnam theater, decent ATC module, better VR performance!
silverdevil Posted November 2, 2024 Posted November 2, 2024 1 minute ago, Lange_666 said: You didn't misunderstood. If updates just go into the linked folder then all is fine. cool. there is another post currently where bignewy suggested putting the downloads folder as a link. On 10/31/2024 at 4:50 AM, BIGNEWY said: If you have more than one disk drive a good option is to create symbolic links to your DCS _downloads folder, this will then use the other disk for downloading the update freeing up more space for DCS itself. thank you 1 AKA_SilverDevil Join AKA Wardogs Email Address My YouTube “The MIGS came up, the MIGS were aggressive, we tangled, they lost.” - Robin Olds - An American fighter pilot. He was a triple ace. The only man to ever record a confirmed kill while in glide mode.
Lange_666 Posted November 2, 2024 Author Posted November 2, 2024 Good tip, missed that one. Win11 Pro 64-bit, Ryzen 5800X3D, Corsair H115i, Gigabyte X570S UD, EVGA 3080Ti XC3 Ultra 12GB, 64 GB DDR4 G.Skill 3600. Monitors: LG 27GL850-B27 2560x1440 + Samsung SyncMaster 2443 1920x1200, HOTAS: Warthog with Virpil WarBRD base, MFG Crosswind pedals, TrackIR4, Rift-S, Elgato Streamdeck XL. Personal Wish List: A6 Intruder, Vietnam theater, decent ATC module, better VR performance!
Esac_mirmidon Posted November 2, 2024 Posted November 2, 2024 Its working great. Already done a mlink for the _downloads folder on another drive and updated the last hotfix, everything working. The downloaded files are going to the drive i´ve linked and after completion the files are updated in the DCS original drive. Working good so far 1 " You must think in russian.." [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Windows 7 Home Premium-Intel 2500K OC 4.6-SSD Samsung EVO 860- MSI GTX 1080 - 16G RAM - 1920x1080 27´ Hotas Rhino X-55-MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals -Track IR 4
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