# Hard disc location

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/hard-disc-location/8975>\
**Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [August 4, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/hard-disc-location/8975 "2022-08-04T21:41:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![tiamatth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@tiamatth](https://community.umbrel.com/u/tiamatth)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/hard-disc-location/8975/1 "2022-08-04T21:41:05Z")

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Ok so I have installed a Bitcoin Node on my laptop, and the Blockchain has begun downloading. Is it possible to state the download location for the blockchain? My laptop only has a 256 Gb hard drive so I want to download the blockchain to an external HD, is this possible?

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**Author:** ![Negate9417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@Negate9417](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Negate9417)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/hard-disc-location/8975/2 "2022-08-12T11:57:45Z")

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This might point you in the right direction.

> [@Store blocks on a 2nd SDD](http://community.umbrel.com/t/store-blocks-on-a-2nd-sdd/8513/2):
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> I simply mounted a drive (for me it is iscsi, for you it will be your SSD) to the bitcoin volume mount. sudo mount /dev/sdb /home/userfolder/umbrel/app-data/bitcoin/data/bitcoin After that add an entry into fstab and reboot to test. ~$ sudo nano /etc/fstab /dev/disk/by-id/ssdid /home/userolder/umbrel/app-data/bitcoin/data/bitcoin ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 2 ~$ sudo reboot Then log back in and run df -h command which should list all the partitions and sizes ~$ df -h Filesystem Size Us…