On Sun, 2011-01-02 at 16:13 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote: > > First, please use "Reply to list" (Ctrl-L) when answering rather than > sending a new message to the list - that way those of us who use > threading can keep everything in one place - it would also help you in > structuring your replies by interspersing comments (like I'm doing)
Ok, Will do > Are you saying you copied the version that was on the USB drive onto the > hard disk? No, sorry to mislead you > > "Try creating the backup file on your local disk. Can Evo restore from > > there? yes that's OK it will restore from my local disk > If so, try copying the backup file to the external drive - can > > Evo recognise it now? No it's the same as before it will not restore > If not, are the two files identical? (Look at > > file sizes, File sizes are the same > if they are the same, then use diff on the two files.)" > > Don't get cross but how do I do that??? ???? > Do what? The diff? At the command line you do > diff file1 file2 Tried diff but not sure I did it right it said no such file or directory > replacing file1 & file2 with the full paths to the two files (I can't > be any more specific since it depends on where the files are located and > I don't know where Ubuntu mounts external disks). This one (above) I definitely don't understand, where do I learn how to do that please? > > "You could also try doing 'tar tzvf evolution-backup.tar.gz' on the file > > on the external drive. Does it come up with an error?" > > did you mean me to write that as a command in Teminal?? > Yes. I understand how to paste stuff into terminal but how do I make it relate to that file? As a work-around..if the USB stick approach works, why not just us that as the backup store as opposed to the hard drive? I'm concerned it's taking up a lot of your time and patience Sorry for delay in reply...dodgy French internet!!! Bob _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
