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I'm running SABnzbd 0.5.0Beta6 on Ubuntu Karmic.  I'm still pretty new to this Linux stuff.

To start SABnzbd, I follow these directions http://wiki.sabnzbd.org/install-ubuntuserver804 because I somehow removed my init.d file.  I have an external HD that I want all of the completed downloads to go into.  When I was running 0.4.12 I named the redirected the completed downloads into Media/hard drive name/folder and it worked fine.  But on 0.5.0Beta 6 if I do that, it just goes into the ~/sabnzbd folder, and I have no idea how to change this.  It's too much work to move completed files to the external for all of my feeds so I really hope somebody can help me out

Just use a full path for the "complete" folder.
/volumes/media/here
or whatever your path is, just make sure it starts with a slash.
And make sure the external drive is mounted before SABnzbd starts.

When I try to add name the folder with a slash before it, I get an incorrect parameter error.

Which field exactly are you using?
Does the path exist or is it at least creatable?
What's the exact error message you get?

Ok, I messed around with this a little bit, but first, to answer your question:  I modify the completed download folder in Config/Folders.  The path exists, and the error I get is a white page that comes up and says parameter error, cannot use the directory /volumes or /media or anything I use there.

However, since it was telling me where the default directory for completed downloads was, I moved the SABnzbd.py (and everything with it) file to my home folder. Immediately on startup, I can now use the /media/hard drive name/folder name directory for my completed downloads.  The only problem with this is that I can't use the same startup command (python -OO SABnzbd.py -v) to get SABnzbd 0.5.0 Beta 6 to run (or at least not at the address where it was running before).  I have to use python SABnzbd.py, which works, but means I need to leave the terminal open.  It also means I have to set up all of my RSS feeds again. 

So is there a way I can start SABnzbd without having to leave the terminal open?  And is there some way I can get the init.d file, which disappeared so I can try to get this running on startup?

The -d option makes SABnzbd run as a daemon.

For init.d stuff you need to solve the problem yourself
or use JCFP's Ubuntu package. See the Debian/Ubuntu board for support.