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Are you able to create a new file in the same location at the same location that "bitcoind.service" file is located at. So for example...

Hi, thanks for your reply! Yes I should be able to. I have what I believe to be a working/correct version of "bitcoind.service" called...

Oh ...sorry, Core might be 7GB, but for my purposes (setting up a Bitcoin node) I needed to download the whole of the Bitcoin blockchain...

UPDATE: Just coming back here with a quick update. I decided to postpone my installation: essentially the timeline reached the point...

Thanks very much for this CaffeineAddict! - I'm going to give this a go to see if I can rescue the situation.

You can back up the bitcoin installer by booting from live USB and then you can access file system of installed Linux, and copy data to...

UPDATE: After trying a number of other things, I decided it was time to shut the system down and restart. This was an error. I should...

Yes, I've installed it on a 2TD SSD, on standalone hardware. I did what you suggested and when I tried to save the file I got: [ Error...

Keep in mind that you likely need your Linux installed on a hard drive, not booted from USB or DVD. Otherwise it makes no sense to...

It appears your root filesystem is remounted as read-only due to errors, although I never saw this option errors=, it doesn't appear in...

Thanks very much CaffeineAddict - I'll give this a go and report back either way. Thanks again!

Please post output of the following command: cat /etc/fstab Use code tags option while posting.

Hi, sure - thanks very much for the suggestion. I'll try to use code tags. Here goes: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. #...

So I tried using nano as suggested by CaffeineAddict above (sudo nano bitcoind.service). Basically, I edited the original file line by...

Good thought - thanks again. Yes, I originally booted from a ubuntu boot drive - although like you I'm unsure of the implications of...