Hi,
I'm trying to think of a solution for the following problem:
I want to have 1 central librabry but it should be able to span multiple (USB) disks. The main disk (internal) has the newest content, older content can be on another disk (or disks). The older content doesn't have to be accessible from the central library but the metadata has to be, in other words, i want to know what i have in this central library.
The reason for having multiple disks is because i have a lot of large PDF's so that fills up the disks i have in a hurry. While it is possible to keep buying bigger disks but i don't want to do that yet (only as a absolute last option).
This is the solution i'm thinking about:
1) create a secondary library (with the portable version) on the first disk with all the content on it (this disk will then be almost full). The contents of this library doesn't change anymore from this point forward in time.
2) Then duplicate the whole disk on a second disk or internal drive. After completion replace all the content file's (epub, awz, mobi, pdf's etc) with a dummy file. That dummy file (e.g. an epub file) contains only the name of the original content disk (these dummy files are very small). I'm converting this dummy file to all other formats i have in de secondary library. The actual replacement will be done by some clever scripting, not by hand :)
3) copy the content of this secondary library (with those dummy file's) through Calibre's copy function to the central library.
So after this action i should have a central library with the info of the secondairy libray in it but not the actual content.
But i wonder if there is another sollution to my problem that i have not yet discovered and that you maybe know and are willing to share with me :chinscratch:
Johan
I'm trying to think of a solution for the following problem:
I want to have 1 central librabry but it should be able to span multiple (USB) disks. The main disk (internal) has the newest content, older content can be on another disk (or disks). The older content doesn't have to be accessible from the central library but the metadata has to be, in other words, i want to know what i have in this central library.
The reason for having multiple disks is because i have a lot of large PDF's so that fills up the disks i have in a hurry. While it is possible to keep buying bigger disks but i don't want to do that yet (only as a absolute last option).
This is the solution i'm thinking about:
1) create a secondary library (with the portable version) on the first disk with all the content on it (this disk will then be almost full). The contents of this library doesn't change anymore from this point forward in time.
2) Then duplicate the whole disk on a second disk or internal drive. After completion replace all the content file's (epub, awz, mobi, pdf's etc) with a dummy file. That dummy file (e.g. an epub file) contains only the name of the original content disk (these dummy files are very small). I'm converting this dummy file to all other formats i have in de secondary library. The actual replacement will be done by some clever scripting, not by hand :)
3) copy the content of this secondary library (with those dummy file's) through Calibre's copy function to the central library.
So after this action i should have a central library with the info of the secondairy libray in it but not the actual content.
But i wonder if there is another sollution to my problem that i have not yet discovered and that you maybe know and are willing to share with me :chinscratch:
Johan
