# How install UMBREL on a linux-pc using an external HDD? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [May 31, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-install-umbrel-on-a-linux-pc-using-an-external-hdd/7890 "2022-05-31T12:45:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aleff-umbrel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/aleff-umbrel/32/2836_2.png) [@aleff-umbrel](https://community.umbrel.com/u/aleff-umbrel)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-install-umbrel-on-a-linux-pc-using-an-external-hdd/7890/1 "2022-05-31T12:45:15Z")
Hello dear community i wanto to use umbrel but i’m having some problems because i have an old pc with 4 GB ram but it have just 500GB HDD so i need to use something else and for this problem i have an external 1TB HDD that i can use, but i don’t understand how because when i install umbrel it will start automatically and i don’t understand how can i set to use the external HDD and not the pc HDD ---
**Author:** ![ricardo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/ricardo/32/2897_2.png) [@ricardo](https://community.umbrel.com/u/ricardo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-install-umbrel-on-a-linux-pc-using-an-external-hdd/7890/2 "2022-06-08T21:27:19Z")
I would also like to use an External USB HDD to store the apps data files. I intend to use a Bitcoin Core Node and Lightning Node. How can we use an External Drive? ---
**Author:** ![pjw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@pjw](https://community.umbrel.com/u/pjw)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 9:22am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-install-umbrel-on-a-linux-pc-using-an-external-hdd/7890/3 "2022-06-11T09:22:17Z")
I would only recommend the usd of a SSD (external) HDD. I started on Ubuntu using normal HDD and stopped after a week of synching (it would have taken more than a month). With SSD it took about 5 days to sync. I followed the guide on [GitHub - getumbrel/umbrel: A beautiful home server OS for self-hosting with an app store. Buy a pre-built Umbrel Home with umbrelOS, or install on a Raspberry Pi 4, any Ubuntu/Debian system, or a VPS.](https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel) which is now a one-liner. Go to your externel drive: > cd external-drive > mkdir umbrel > cd umbrel > curl -L [https://umbrel.sh](https://umbrel.sh) | bash Don’t update umbrel the normal way on the web interface. I always got problems after that. Instead use: > VERSION=“v0.5.0” > sudo ~/umbrel/scripts/stop # or sudo systemctl stop umbrel-startup > sudo ~/umbrel/scripts/update/update --repo getumbrel/umbrel#$VERSION > sudo ~/umbrel/scripts/start # or sudo systemctl start umbrel-startup where “$VERSION” is at the moment “v0.5.0”. ---
**Author:** ![Walking\_Contr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Walking\_Contr](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Walking_Contr)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-install-umbrel-on-a-linux-pc-using-an-external-hdd/7890/4 "2022-06-11T16:25:18Z")
Thanks for this! I think I will finally give Umbrel a try. I will use a separate laptop than the one currently running an already sync Bitcoin Core node. Is there a way to avoid downloading the whole blockchain again i.e. copying from my already sync node? ---
**Author:** ![planb\_ch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@planb\_ch](https://community.umbrel.com/u/planb_ch)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 10:46am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-install-umbrel-on-a-linux-pc-using-an-external-hdd/7890/5 "2022-06-12T10:46:12Z")
I have my old umbrel folder mounted and I create a softlnk in the new umbrel/app-data/bitcoin/data folder to the old umbrel/app-data/bitcoin/data/bitcoin ---
**Author:** ![merenkov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@merenkov](https://community.umbrel.com/u/merenkov)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-install-umbrel-on-a-linux-pc-using-an-external-hdd/7890/6 "2022-12-03T14:23:52Z")
so i did this but what seems to be happening is data is still downloading into the location ~/umbrel/ anyone else have this issue? I ran the curl command from the external drive location. the goal was a fresh ubuntu install on a small nvme drive with umbrel install in an external drive that is default mounted at the location /data/ I ran the curl command from the external drive location /data/umbrel/ but it still downloaded all the data into the ~/umbrel location ---
**Author:** ![merenkov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@merenkov](https://community.umbrel.com/u/merenkov)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-install-umbrel-on-a-linux-pc-using-an-external-hdd/7890/7 "2022-12-03T15:32:30Z")
it would be great if the install.sh respected the external location but it doesn’t seem to. the solution was to stop umbrel perform a move to the original desired location and then start again