Well, I got this
bin/dash-qt -datadir=/home/vagrant/.dashcore
Error: Specified data directory "/home/vagrant/.dashcore" does not exist.
But after I created that directory, then yes, it did start with 3 years and 8 weeks behind. However, that will put the block chain into a virtual disk file...
Here are the permissions. It gave me the option to change the data dir when I first started it. It's not a top level file system directory, it's a mount point to the host drive.
[vagrant@localhost ~]$ ls -ld /dash
drwxrwxrwx. 1 vagrant vagrant 4096 Mar 17 02:22 /dash
[vagrant@localhost ~]$ ls...
When dash-qt first started, it says the data directory also holds the wallet file. I don't want to back up the blockchain (that would be silly - there are thousands of copies) but I do want to back up the wallet. Can I store the wallet elsewhere besides the data directory? I haven't been able to...
I would post a screen shot but it only accepts image links. The dialog says "Dash core: Error opening block database. Do you want to rebuild the block database now?" I press OK and another dialog shows "Dash Core - Error: Error opening block database." I press OK and it quits.
Oh, I can...