Le 02/08/2013 19:13, Gonçalo Marrafa a écrit : > I want to offload part of my library to an external hard drive. I'm > talking about thousands of images and GB of data. > > As far as i can see it i have two choices: use DT's move feature or move > the files externally. I feel reluctant using DT's move feature on such a > huge amount of data. If i move the files using a file manager they will > appear as unavailable in DT but will still be in the old location. How > do i tell DT that they are in a new place? > > What's the recommended method for doing this?
Using dt to avoid messing around and having to re-import the pictures and create the thumbnails. >From dt you don't have to move everything at once, just move some filmrolls at a time. Another generic comment just in case, it is never a good idea to keep images into the local disk except if the local drive is RAID or if you backup all your images somewhere else :) Pascal. -- Pascal Obry / Magny Les Hameaux (78) The best way to travel is by means of imagination http://v2p.fr.eu.org http://www.obry.net gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-key F949BD3B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your SQL database under version control now! Version control is standard for application code, but databases havent caught up. So what steps can you take to put your SQL databases under version control? Why should you start doing it? Read more to find out. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=49501711&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Darktable-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users
