Hey guys - looking for a bit of advice here. Just done a complete reinstall Xubuntu 12.04 after my SSD conked out. While doing so, I decided to move my wallet data to a separate SSD in an effort to reduce strain/latency/wear on the main system SSD. When I start my *coind's (merged mining) everything syncs up fine, but when I start the p2pool program it fails to load any shares, starts going straight to work & spits out py errors about still downloading shares. All my config files are exactly the same as before so I'm wondering if I need a different setting for p2pool because the data files are on a separate drive? I start my *coind's with the added command:

-datadir=/path/to/data  -  everything works there, is there something I need to add to the p2pool startup command as well?

This is the first time I've had my wallet data on a separate drive, and the first time I've had any problems with my configuration not working. All dependencies/packages are installed/checked/double checked. Any ideas/advice would be greatly appreciated  

EDIT: I'm sure it's a basic, simple mistake I've made - I just can't see it.......

EDIT1:  Or, am I the only person using a separate drive for their wallet data on p2pool.......and this is a bug?