user4823: I have bitcoin-qt installed on my Ubuntu box which has an SSD as the main OS drive.
I understand that bitcoin-qt is a full client/node and uses a lot of disk activity, which is why I want it off my expensive SSD and want it on my cheaper HDD.  How do I move the client so all the node checking work it does which is disk intensive is done on the secondary HDD instead of the primary SSD?
I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed.

UPDATE:
I just edited the file:
/usr/share/applications$ sudo gedit bitcoin-qt.desktop
and changed:
Exec=/usr/bin/bitcoin-qt %u
to
Exec=/usr/bin/bitcoin-qt -datadir=/new_location/.bitcoin %u
I have just tried loading bitcoin-qt and it currently says Rescanning.
Have I made the changes correctly?  It's been scanning for 5 minutes now...

user9301: Use the -datadir option to specify a new location for the bitcoin data directory.  Copy the existing bitcoin data directory to the new location and then restart bitcoin-qt.  Check here for information on locating the default data directory.

4823: <p>I have bitcoin-qt installed on my Ubuntu box which has an SSD as the main OS drive.</p>

<p>I understand that bitcoin-qt is a full client/node and uses a lot of disk activity, which is why I want it off my expensive SSD and want it on my cheaper HDD.  How do I move the client so all the node checking work it does which is disk intensive is done on the secondary HDD instead of the primary SSD?</p>

<p>I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed.</p>

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<p><strong>UPDATE:</strong></p>

<p>I just edited the file:</p>

<p><code>/usr/share/applications$ sudo gedit bitcoin-qt.desktop</code></p>

<p>and changed:</p>

<p><code>Exec=/usr/bin/bitcoin-qt %u</code></p>

<p>to</p>

<p><code>Exec=/usr/bin/bitcoin-qt -datadir=/new_location/.bitcoin %u</code></p>

<p>I have just tried loading bitcoin-qt and it currently says <code>Rescanning</code>.</p>

<p>Have I made the changes correctly?  It's been scanning for 5 minutes now...</p>
 9301: <p>Use the -datadir option to specify a new location for the bitcoin data directory.  Copy the existing bitcoin data directory to the new location and then restart bitcoin-qt.  Check <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory" rel="nofollow"><strong>here</strong></a> for information on locating the default data directory.</p>
