MetaWRAP databases on external HDD

Question

[Raz]

Hi, dear community,

I am trying to perform a metagenomic analysis using metaWRAP on my own PC. I've encountered a problem where I need to download the databases for metaWRAP. Still, they are space-consuming and atm I have a small SSD with Ubuntu on it and a bigger external HDD but its NTFS, so my question is: Is it possible to download the databases on the external NTFS HDD and use them in metaWRAP?

[GenoMax]

Perhaps. As long as you can include the path to the database on external HDD. This is not going to be performant or pleasant, if you are able to make it work.